Carol A. Rieger

April 30, 1971 - December 17, 2017

Carol A. Rieger, 46, of Union, OH, died 8:03 p.m., Sun. Dec. 17, 2017, at Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton, with her family at her side. She was born April 30, 1971, in St. Marys, OH, the daughter of Robert H. & Barbara L. (Wehner) Engel. Her mother is deceased and her father and step-mother survive, Robert H. & Shirley Ann Engel, in Wapakoneta. On July 2, 1994, she married Joseph A. Rieger, and he survives. Other survivors include, 2 children, Gavin D. & Avery H. Rieger, at home, father-in-law & mother-in-law, Joseph V. & Mary A. Rieger, Canton, OH, a sister-in-law, Catherine M. Rieger, Massillon, OH. Carol was a 1989 graduate of St. Marys Memorial High School. She later received a Bachelor of Art degree in Psychology from the University of Dayton. She loved being a stay at home mother and home schooled her children. She considered it her calling and wanted to do nothing more. She also enjoyed planning the family vacations, especially to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. She was a member of the Brukner Nature Center, Troy, the Aullwood Audubon Center & Farm, Dayton, the Boonshoft Museum, Dayton, the Ohio History Connection, the Dayton History, and the Friends of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Thurs. Dec. 21, 2017, at the Trinity Lutheran Church, 14127 Moulton New Knoxville Rd., Wapakoneta, with Pastor Melodi Hagen officiating. The family will receive friends 2-4 & 6-8 p.m., Wed. at the Bayliff & Eley Funeral Home, 1102 Lincoln Ave. (St. Rt. 501) Wapakoneta, and from 10-11 a.m., Thurs. at the church. Memorial contributions may be directed to Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton, or the Friends of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.