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| James "Denny" Riordan |
| Date Of Birth: | July 6, 1938 |
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| Date Of Death: | April 20, 2012 |
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| Service Date: | 10:30 am, Tuesday, May 8, 2012 |
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James Dennis "Denny" Michael Patrick Riordan, 73, died April
20th at the Good Shepherd Home after a short illness.
Mr. Riordan was born July 6th, 1938, in Lynn, Massachusetts. An
active and adventurous young man, he once crewed in a test cruise
of an America's Cup boat and joined the running of the bulls in
Spain. After graduating from college in San Antonio he spent eleven
years in the Army Medical Corps as a Health Services Comptroller in
hospitals in Nuremberg, Germany, and Vietnam. A devoted car guy,
while in Germany he became president of the European Porsche
club.
Vietnam earned him a number of medals: a bronze star with two
oak leaf clusters; army commendation medal with two oak leaf
clusters; Vietnam Service medal with four bronze stars; a combat
medical badge; armed forces reserve medal; national defense service
medal; meritorious unit citation, armed forces honor medal, first
class; a Vietnam campaign medal w/60 device.
He separated from the army in 1975 while stationed at Ft. Riley
with MEDDAC.
After working in construction for several years he became a book
dealer, buying and selling used, out of print, and rare books over
the internet as The Plains Bookman until 2009.
He is survived by his wife Karen Lee Killough (author Lee
Killough) of the home, sisters Claire Belliveau of Lynn,
Massachusetts; Susan Killion of Rotunda West, Florida, Georgianna
Magner of Roxbury, Massachusetts, and seventeen nieces and
nephews.
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