Dorothy Ann Riley

Dorothy Ann Riley, age 97, a resident of Lake Tapawingo, Missouri, passed away on Thursday, August 28, 2024, at St. Luke’s Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri, with her daughter by her side.
Dorothy was born the daughter of William Thomas and Della Lee (Tipton) Reilly on November 2, 1926, in Chillicothe, Missouri. She attended St. Columban’s School and was a graduate of St. Joseph Academy in 1945. Dorothy was one of the first enlistments in the Chillicothe “flight” of the Civil Air Patrol in 1948. On August 31, 1950, Dorothy married Raymond Clinton Riley at St. Columban’s Catholic Church in Chillicothe, Missouri. She worked at a local bank and at the Livingston County Courthouse. Dorothy spent the early years of her marriage as a homemaker and a mother to her children, Bill, Mary Ann and Steve. She was a member of the St. Ann’s Altar Society, a Boy Scout Den Mother, and helped with the PTA and CYO at Bishop Hogan Memorial Grade School and St. Joseph’s Academy. Once her children were grown, she enjoyed working at Carlin Drug Store, Montgomery Wards, Indian Hills Nursing Home, Home health and was a house mother for a sorority at the University of Missouri. Her hobbies included card games, taking photos of clouds and sunsets, fishing, computer games and following her friends and family on social media. Dorothy had a strong Catholic faith, loved her family, friends and all things Irish. She loved to travel and went to Ireland in 2017, and at the age of 90 she climbed the 125 narrow, winding steps at the Blarney Castle so she could kiss the Blarney Stone.
Survivors include two sons, William E. Riley and wife, Debbie of Shelton, Washington, Stephen F. Riley and wife, Dona of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, and one daughter, Mary Ann Rivera and husband, Ron of Lake Tapawingo, Missouri. Dorothy has five grandchildren, Jared Anderson and wife, Laura, James “Chip” Anderson and wife, Heather Jo, Melissa Johnson and husband, Chad, Justin Riley and wife, Trina, and Brett Riley and fiancée, Jess; six great grandchildren, Alex Anderson, Riley Strahm and husband, Tyler, Ben Anderson, Peyton Anderson, Silas Anderson, Sam Cosentino, Bennett Cosentino, Anthony Riley, Bradley Riley, Tyler Gray and Kylin Riley; and four great-great grandchildren, Tatum, Aspen and Jett Stahm and Wrenley Anderson.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, William T and Della Lee Reilly; her husband, Raymond C Riley; her siblings, Francis Reilly, Mary Louise Reilly, Margaret Reilly Florence, Rosemary Reilly Gilliam and Helen Reilly O’Hara; and her grandson Benjamin Riley Anderson.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at the St. Columban Catholic Church, Chillicothe, Missouri, on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. A Parish Rosary will be held at St. Columban Catholic Church, Chillicothe, Missouri, on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, at 10:40 a.m. A scheduled visitation will be held at St. Columban Catholic Church, Chillicothe, on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 10:00 a.m. until 10:40 a.m. Friends may call at Lindley Funeral Home, Chillicothe, Missouri, on Monday, September 9, 2024, from 12:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. Burial will be held at St. Columban Catholic Cemetery, Chillicothe, Missouri. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Columban Catholic Cemetery and/or St. Luke’s Hospice and may be left at or mailed to Lindley Funeral Home, P.O. Box 47, Chillicothe, Missouri 64601. Online condolences may be made at www.lindleyfuneralhomes.com.
Arrangements are under the direction of Lindley Funeral Home, Chillicothe, Missouri.