Dione Anita Riedel, a wonderful, warm, funny and generous woman, died suddenly on Saturday, November 26. She was 75. Born on August 3, 1930, Dione lived in Santa Monica Canyon with her mother and stepfather, Beatrice and Roby Wentz. She met her husband, Gordon Riedel, as a graduate student at UC Berkeley. The couple married in 1955 and bought their first home in Pacific Palisades in 1960, where they lived happily ever since. Dione attended UCLA and then earned her master’s in social work at Berkeley. She worked at the VA Hospital, Bay Cities Mental Health Clinic and in private practice, maintaining contact with some of her patients until the end. For many years, Dione enjoyed playing golf twice a week with her friends at Riviera Country Club, and every Sunday she would play couples golf with her husband and their close “golf” friends. She loved playing in weekend golf tournaments all over the state. She also loved all animals, especially dogs. She bred basset hounds, had a few of her own and would take care of all the neighbors’ and family dogs anytime. She loved to spend quality time with her family, traveling to great locations with her husband and her sister and brother-in-law, and she had a love for babies. She would stop all new mothers so she could get a good glimpse of their newborns. Dione was generous with everyone, and would give to her family and almost every charity that contacted her. She was a wonderful, funny and kind woman. In addition to her husband Gordon, Dione is survived by her sons, Robert of Tennessee and Mike (wife Adrienne) of Redondo Beach; daughter Robin Warner (husband Scott) of Pacific Palisades; grandchildren Dylan and Kyle Warner and Chelsea Riedel; and her favorite lab, Jake. A private memorial is planned.
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