Third Generation

13. Wilhelm Friedrich Heinrich "Will" RIEKE was born on 30 January 1881 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^17,45,60,72 He was confirmed on 7 April 1895 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷² at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He was Lutheran about 1899 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷³ He was listed in the Church Register as member number 99 of the first 100 members of the congregation of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Will appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸ He appeared in the census in 1910 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷ Will died on 15 October 1956 at the age of 75.^74,75 He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷⁴ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Wilhelm Friedrich Heinrich "Will" RIEKE and Emma Ida Auguste WESTPFAHL were married on 3 April 1902 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^21,60,76 Emma Ida Auguste WESTPFAHL, daughter of Johann Gottlieb WESTPHAL and Emilie Ernestine MARQUARDT, was born on 30 March 1884 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.^3,55,77,78 (Her name is listed as "Mary" in the Oak Grove Cemetery records.") She was baptized on 11 May 1884 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She was confirmed on 11 April 1897 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷⁸ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Emma appeared in the census in 1910 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ She appeared in the census in 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷ She died on 26 May 1972 at the age of 88 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^22,55 Emma was buried on 29 May 1972 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^55,74 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Wilhelm Friedrich Heinrich "Will" RIEKE and Emma Ida Auguste WESTPFAHL had the following children: