Memorial Service
Saturday, August 12, 2023
Visitation 12-1pm
Remembrance Service 1-2pm
Ewing Brothers Funeral Home
630 S Hanover Street
Carlisle, PA, 17013
717-243-2421

We invite you to celebrate the life of Merchline (Bud, Merk) Mills Riddlesberger Jr. on Saturday, August 12, 2023. The Memorial Service will be held at the Ewing Brothers Funeral Home, 630 S Hanover St, Carlisle, PA.

If you would like to say a few words in tribute you can either let me know ahead of time or we will have some time near the end of the service for folks to share thoughts and memories.

If you have any questions please feel free to call, text or email me directly.

John Riddlesberger, myself, Carolyn, Izzy (7), Max & Arlo (4) look forward to seeing those of you can make it and likewise understand if it doesn't work for you to attend.

Thank You,
Jay Riddlesberger
415-666-3680
riddles415@gmail.com

Merchline (Merk, Bud) Mills Riddlesberger Jr., M.D., 79, Charlotte, NC, passed on December 11, 2021. He was born in Carlisle, PA on February 14, 1942, to Merchline Mills Riddlesberger and May Anne Kitzmiller Riddlesberger. He was a graduate of Carlisle High School, 1960, Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA, 1964, and University of Maryland Medical School, 1968.

Upon receiving his M.D., he completed his internship at Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Oakland, CA, residency in radiology at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI and fellowship in pediatric radiology at Children's Hospital of Buffalo, NY. He worked as a pediatric radiologist at Children's Hospital of Buffalo until 1996 when he moved to Charlotte, NC and joined Mecklenburg Radiology Associates, retiring in 2013.  Dr. Riddlesberger contributed to numerous advancements in the field of pediatric radiology through research, publications and presentations.

Dr. Riddlesberger had a great love for life. He enjoyed piloting small planes, sailing on Lake Erie, cross country skiing, photography and hiking. He accomplished 2 long treks in the Himalayas.  He was an avid reader and a devotee of classical music and opera.  He was a member of Holy Comforter Episcopal Church in Charlotte, NC.

Gifted with an extraordinary ability to see beauty, he noticed the most minute details of a blossom, a stone, a change in the clouds, wave patterns on water.  He lived in awe of the beauty of Earth, the nuances of color, light and shadow.

Dr. Riddlesberger was predeceased by his father and mother, and brother James of Carlisle.  He is survived by his wife Phyllis Riddlesberger; brothers Samuel (Joan Black) of Spokane, WA, and John of Mt. Holly Springs, PA; son Joseph (Jay) Merchline Riddlesberger (Carolyn Stead) of San Francisco and grandchildren Isadora, Maxwell, and Arlo Riddlesberger.  Dr. Riddlesberger is also mourned by his stepdaughter Molly Howe of Charlotte, NC.

A visitation will begin at 12:00 noon on Saturday, August 12, 2023, followed by a Celebration of Life service at 1:00 p.m. in the Ewing Brothers Funeral Home, 630 S. Hanover St., Carlisle.  Interment will be private  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Roof Above, PO Box 31335, Charlotte, NC 28231, Attn: Philanthropy Office.