Roma K. Rieker

Roma K. Rieker, 82, a longtime resident of Saratoga, died on Nov. 2 after a long illness.

Rieker was born in Burlington, Iowa. She and her family moved to Los Angeles in the 1930s, where she met and married her husband Wayne. Rieker devoted their years in southern California to their family, and personally supervised the construction of their North Hollywood home. When Wayne was offered a better position with his employer in 1958, they moved to Saratoga. Once they arrived, she took on the position of general contractor for their home on Baranga Lane.

She helped found Rieker Management Systems, a consulting firm, and served as its vice president. She also was actively involved in numerous charity and volunteer groups such as CASA, Sacred Heart Community Service and the Villa Montalvo Service Group. She and her husband traveled extensively, visiting more than 45 countries throughout the world.

Rieker was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Wayne S. Rieker. She is survived by her children Victoria Rieker-Oku, Candy Rogers and Penny Rodriguez; her son-in-laws Richard Oku, Bill Rogers and Jose Rodriguez; her grandchildren Elizabeth, Josh, Shane, Jesus and Christina; and her great-grandchildren Benjamin and Carmen.

A memorial service was held on Nov. 16 at the Sacred Heart Church in Saratoga. Donations may be made in her honor to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Fund, P.O. Box 224523, Dallas, TX 75222.

Thomas R. Warriner

Thomas Read Warriner, 67, died on Oct. 17.

Warriner was born in Evanston, Ill. The family moved to Saratoga when he was 6 months old. He attended Saratoga Elementary and Los Gatos High School. Warriner then attended the California Institute of Technology and UC Berkeley, and earned his doctor of science degree from the School of Hygiene and Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. He and his wife, Sargit, from Helsinki, Finland, spent many years in Sweden, where he held a research position at the Gothenburg Technical University. Later they moved to Milwaukee, where he was a senior research engineer at the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.

Warriner's interests included tennis, long distance running, dance, music and history. He ran in many 5K races, and he played cello for years, participating in several amateur quartets. He took up piano in his 40s. He was a member of the Wisconsin chapter of the Civil War Roundtable.

Warriner is survived by his wife of 38 years, Sargit; his daughter Ina of Geneva, Switzerland; his daughter Annette Warriner Matrai and her husband Balazs of Chicago; his sister Daphne Smith of Santa Rosa; his niece Karen King and her husband Eric of Los Gatos; many cousins in the Bay Area; and other relatives and friends around the world.

Funeral services were held at the Saratoga Presbyterian Church on Nov. 13. Donations may be made to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, which can be found online at www.multiplemyeloma.org.

Walter H. Weideman

Walter H. Weideman, 70, died at his home in Paso Robles on Oct. 14. He was a longtime resident of Saratoga before moving to Paso Robles.

Weideman was born to Walter H. Weideman Sr. and Lois Fern Prewitt in Little Rock, Ark. He graduated with highest honors from Northrup Aeronautical Institute with a degree in aeronautical engineering. He began his career at Ryan Aeronautical in San Diego.

Walter--or "W-Squared" as many called him--went on to work as a systems engineer at Lockheed Missiles and Space Company in Sunnyvale. He participated in the design, development, flight test and production of each generation of the USD Navy Fleet Ballistic Missile System, which included the Polaris, Poseidon and Trident missiles, becoming division manager of Systems Engineering. He also participated in classified programs with Lockheed Advanced Development Programs and other activities of the Lockheed Corporation.

In 1968, he worked for the Defense Department in a study at the Institute for Defense Analysis in Washington, D.C. Weideman's other interests included designing two homes.

He is survived by his wife, Roberta; his son, Mark Heinrich Weideman; his daughter and son-in-law, Kristy Kay and Donald Sime; his grandson, Daniel Lawrence See; and his two granddaughters, Nicole Marie See and Jessica Dawn See.

Church services were held on Oct. 27. A memorial service will be held in the Bay Area on a future date.