Chance Arnold Rieger, 23, Rapid City, passed away on Friday, February 15, 2013.

A memorial gathering will be held at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology campus at the Surbeck Center Ballroom, from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Tuesday, February 19, 2013.

Chance, the son of Mary Lynn (Kaiser) and Loel Rieger, was born on May 31, 1989, in Aberdeen, SD. His formal education consisted of kindergarten - senior year at Bowdle School. After high school graduation, Chance attended School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, SD, where he acquired a B.S. in Chemical Engineering with a GPA of 3.514. He passed the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam. Currently, he was a graduate student pursuing a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering.

Some of Chance's hobbies included: hunting, shooting targets, playing video games, and hanging out and keeping in touch with friends; yet, his main passion was education. Chance completed the 110 hours Emergency Medical Technician Basic (EMT-B) course. Through SDSM&T Chance installed and tested equipment for the Chemical and Biological Engineering Lab, was a teacher's assistant for numerous college courses at SDSM&T, did safety studies on pesticides for undergraduate research, and nearly completed a Master's thesis project.

Chance Arnold Rieger is survived by his parents, Loel and Mary Lynn Rieger of Rapid City; two brothers, Christopher Rieger of Jackson, MS, and Chad (Kayla) Rieger of Weatherford, OK; maternal grandmother, Laurene Kaiser, Hoven, SD; and paternal grandmother, Wanda Rieger, Aberdeen, SD.

Chance was preceded in death by both of his grandfathers - Hubert Kaiser and Rayfeld Rieger.