Obituary: Howard Rieder
Howard E. Rieder, 86 years old, born in June 1930 in Los Angeles, California, passed away on Sept. 16, 2016, in Walnut Creek California. He lived in Prescott, Arizona, for 19 years and moved to Northern California to be near family in 2015.
Rieder was a well respected advertising and Public Relations executive having worked for Thomas Organ, Revell Toys, and Nissan Motor Corp. He retired from Nissan in 1996. During his time there he won a Cleo Award in 1990 from the International and U.S. Cleo Awards. He earned his BA and MA at USC in Radio, TV, and Cinema. In Prescott, he volunteered for the Audio Visual section of the Police Department where he helped write, produce and direct documentaries for the City of Prescott. He also wrote, produced and directed Go South, a documentary on Ron Barnes. For this documentary he won a Remi Award from the Houston International Film Festival.
He leaves behind his loving wife, Kathie, of 59 years; three daughters, Dee O’Reilly (Patrick), Leslie Rasmussen (Bruce), and Linda Gardner (Peter); and seven grandchildren.
Celebration of Life will be held in Walnut Creek, California, at a later date. If you wish to remember Howard with a donation, the charities in Prescott we suggest are People Who Care, Maggies Hospice, or Yavapai Food Bank. In California, Alumni Association USC Cinema Department, the Mason’s or Hospice of East Bay.
Information provided by survivors.
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