EDWARD RIDDELL, 89.(CAPITAL REGION)

BOSTON, Mass. Private services will be held for Edward Riddell, 89, of Hill Street, Alplaus, who died Friday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

He was born in Scotland and had lived in the Capital Region since 1911.

Mr. Riddell was employed as a patrolman at the Schenectady General Electric plant for a time. He was a painter for the state Office of General Services in Albany for 10 years, retiring in 1970.

He was the sole surviving member of the original Schenectady Pipe Band, which was founded by his father, Isaac L. Riddell, in 1917.

He was the widower of …