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Roy Wilford Riegle
American politician
Roy Wilford Riegle (April 27, 1896 – February 2, 1988), known as Wilford, was an American attorney, politician and Member of the Kansas House of Representatives.
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He met his future wife, Keith, while attending Kansas State Normal School during the 1910s. Before marriage, however, he was called to duty during World War I as part of the United States Army in Company L, 137th Infantry, 35th Division.[citation needed]
Aside from serving as the longest-practicing attorney in Lyons County, Wilford was a Republican member of both the Kansas House of Representatives and the Kansas Senate for multiple terms.[citation needed]
Wilford was an initiated member of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.[2] In 1973, he took office as the Grand Master of the Knights Templar (Freemasonry) both nationally and overseas.
After a series of strokes and declining health, Colonel Riegle died on February 2, 1988.[3]