The Foreign Service Journal, October 2012

74 OCTOBER 2012 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL elephants painted kelly green or pink. He was a dedicated hiker and mountain climber. “I enjoyed all my posts,” he would say. “What a life!” Mr. Rieger retired in 1977 and received a Superior Honor Award from the State Department. In retirement, he was an active community volunteer and received a certificate of appreciation from Fairfax County for his work. His wife, Mary, passed away in 1989, and his sister, Elizabeth Dalton, died in 2005. Mr. Rieger is survived by his chil- dren, Patricia Hayes of Sebastopol, Calif., Paul Rieger of Forsom, Calif., and Ann Rieger of Annandale, Va; four grandchil- dren, Joseph and Siobhan Hayes, and Stephanie and Shannon Rieger; and two great-grandsons, Morris and Noah Hayes. Donations in his memory may be sent to Capital Caring, 2900 Telestar Court, Falls Church VA 22042. n Heather Moon Shaufele , 89, wife of the late Ambassador William E. Schaufele, died on May 27 in Salisbury, Conn. Mrs. Schaufele was born in Bakers- field, Calif., to Leonard Moon and Ruby (Warr) Moon. She graduated with a major in music from the University of California, Berkeley in 1945 and attended the Julliard School of Music in New York City. She sang professionally with the Robert Shaw Chorale and, later, as a solo- ist whenever her schedule permitted. The Schaufeles were married in 1950, just before Mr. Schaufele joined the Foreign Service and received his first assignment as a Kreis Officer in Ger- many. He went on to serve as ambassa- dor to Burkina Faso, the United Nations and Poland; and as State Department inspector general and assistant secretary for African affairs. Heather Schaufele will be remem- bered for her active devotion to staff members, as well as her leadership in community activities at posts abroad as well as in Washington, D.C. She contin- ued her positive involvement in commu- nity activities after the couple retired to northwestern Connecticut. Amb. Schaufele died in 2008. Mrs. Schaufele is survived by her sons, Steven and Peter, and two grandchildren. n James Maxwell Young , 61, a retired Foreign Service officer, died on June 12 in California. Mr. Young was born on Feb. 8, 1951, in Minneapolis, Minn., to Max and Tillie Young. He attended the University of Minnesota from nursery school through doctoral studies, receiving his Ph.D. in Future Studies. After joining the Foreign Service in 1980, Mr. Young was posted to Germany as a political officer. Other assignments included Botswana, Russia, England, Nigeria and Washington, D.C. He was flu- ent in Russian, German and French. On retiring from the Foreign Service in 2002, he began the second chapter of his life, as a writer and actor. Mr. Young is survived by his brother, Dennis (and his wife, Pat) of Isanti, Minn.; nieces Rebecca (and her husband, Gary) Bettinger of Big Lake, Minn., Amy (and her husband, Wally) Murray of Cin- cinnati, Ohio, Sarah (and her husband, Will) Hammelrath also of Cincinnati, and Christina (and her husband, Bill) Bollengier of El Dorado Hills, Calif.; nine grand nieces and nephews; and special cousins Kaye Bush and Pat Bennett. n