Obituaries

Longtime Veterinarian With Maplewood Pratice Dies

Dr. Richard Riegel, a Richmond Heights resident, passed away just three months after his wife Dr. Suzanne Saueressig Riegel died.

Dr. Richard Riegel, a Richmond Heights resident who operated a veterinarian clinic in Maplewood for years, died April 30, 2013, at age 85.

Riegel's wife, groundbreaking veterinarian Dr. Suzanne Saueressig Riegel, died in February at age 88.

According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the couple met while Reigel was a veterinary student at the University of Missouri and interning at the Missouri Humane Society

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Funeral Services

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Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Thursday at Ambruster Chapel. The funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday at Little Flower Catholic Church.


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