Barbara Riley

Barbara Lynn Riley was born August 2, 1961, the daughter of Roger and Mary Ann Rosch Collins. She passed away Tuesday, November 9, 2010, at the Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison, Iowa, at the age of forty-nine.
Barbara was born in Denison. She was baptized in Christ on August 13, 1961, and confirmed on May 4, 1972, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Denison. She received her education in the Denison Community Schools, graduating with the class of 1980.
Barb and Steve Riley were blessed with the birth of four children. She worked for Superior Manufacturing in Spencer, Iowa, and then at Farmland Foods after they moved back to Denison in 1985. In 1992 she began working for Krajicek Trucking in Denison.
She was a loving mother, grandmother, daughter and sister. Spending time with family was very important to her and she especially enjoyed the Collins family gatherings. She was outgoing and loved to be around people. She was also known to always be late for everything. In her spare time she liked flower gardening, bowling, riding horses, and racing her horse, "Big Red" at the Arion Buffalo Days in her younger years. She enjoyed spirited games at Harrahs. Other favorite activities included listening to Bob Seger music, watching CSI and other mysteries on TV, and reading romance and mystery books. She also enjoyed her dog, Gusto, who followed her everywhere. Barbara is survived by her parents; one son, Chad Riley and his wife, Amy and their son, Noah of Milford, Iowa; three daughters: Alesha Richardson and her husband, Lucas of Estherville, Iowa; Lacey Riley of Terril, Iowa; and Nicole Riley of Estherville, Iowa; one sister, Karen Donscheski and her husband, Robert of Dunlap, Iowa; one brother, Kevin Collins of Arion, Iowa; very dear and special friends, Ed Krajicek and Vickie Friedrichsen; niece, nephews, other relatives and friends.