Mrs. Riley was born June 25, 1920 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, daughter of the late James C. and Laura (Kerr) Somers.
Mrs. Riley had served in the Uited States Navy during WWII as a Yeoman 3rd Class.She worked many years as a secretary for Dewey & Almy Chemical Company and also as a clerk for the County Bank in Somerville.
She was a former member of the First Congregational Church of West Somerville, the Forthian Club of Somerville, Rebekah Lodge, the Old Ironside W.A.V.E.S. Association and also the Melrose Highlands Congregational Church.
Wife of the late Kenneth M. Riley.Sister of Chester L. Somers and his wife Harriet of Lowell and the late Bertha Gasch.Also survived by several nieces and nephews. Visiting hours Tuesday 3:00-7:00 PM. Gifts in her memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, 30 Speen Street, Framingham, MA 01701.
Interment in Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, MA