WILLIAM L. RIECHMANN
Mr. William L. Riechmann of Okawville, IL departed this life in the Extended Care Wing of the Washington County Hospital in Nashville, IL on Monday morning, February 3, 2025. He had attained the age of 87 years, 10 months, and 4 days.
Bill was born at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Belleville, IL on March 30, 1937, the son of Hugo and Laura (nee Ruehl) Riechmann. He was united in marriage to Marilyn Grefe in St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Covington, IL on August 16, 1959, and she preceded him in death on January 5, 2001.
Bill was a 1955 graduate of Okawville High School. He then went to SIU to attend their VTI Campus where he graduated with an associate's degree in accounting in 1957. William's father, Hugo and Hugo's brother, Walter founded Riechmann Bros on December 23, 1922. At the death of Hugo in 1958, when William was 21 years old, he was thrust into the business as the second generation. William was a partner in Riechmann Bros. John Deere in Okawville his entir

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