Stella Riebel

Born: 1905

Died: 2003

Children: George L. Reibel, Virginia Mary Queior

Adirondack Daily Enterprise, July 28, 2003

Stella Riebel

SARANAC LAKE — Stella Riebel, 97, of Ray Brook, died Friday, July 25, 2003 at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.

Born in Austria (Ukraine) on Oct. 25, 1905, she was the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Semeniak) Zustavna.

She married George Riebel on May 21,1923.

Mrs. Riebel was the owner and operator of Riebel's Motels, located in Saranac Lake and Ray Brook and the Clown House Restaurant in Ray Brook for many years. She was a member of the Home Bureau and the Cornell Home Extension, where she was known for making bread at Cornell Extension meetings. She was a life member of the Order of the Eastern Star, a wonderful seamstress, a great cook and the best breadmaker. In addition to raising five children, she knitted, crocheted, painted and exhibited oil paintings, kept a vegetable garden, canned vegetables and made jams.

She is survived by three sons: David Riebel of Schuylerville, George Riebel Jr. of Ballston Lake and Gary Riebel of Clifton Park; two daughters, Virginia Queior and Rosalind Dietz, both of Ray Brook; 13 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband on Feb. 14, 1991.

Visitation will be held at the Fortune-Keough Funeral Home in Saranac Lake from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9,p.m. Tuesday, July 29. An Order of the Eastern Star service will follow at 8 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, at the First United Methodist Church in Saranac Lake, with the Rev. Linda McIntyre officiating. Burial will follow in Pine Ridge Cemetery in Saranac Lake.

Friends wishing to remember Mrs. Riebel may make memorial contributions to the Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Department Rescue Squad or Mercy Center in care of' the funeral home.