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His daughter Cathy E.Skiver is a retired elementary school teacher.

The Vern Riffe Center for Government and the Arts, located across High Street from the Ohio Statehouse in Downtown Columbus, provides office space for the Governor of Ohio, members of the Ohio House of Representatives and many state agencies.

Riffe served for many years in the Ohio House of Representatives and was the longest serving speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives in the history of that institution, holding that office for 20 years.Riffe, a moderate Democrat, was an exceptionally strong Speaker, even bringing Republican members of the House under his sway by threatening to fund the campaigns of their Democratic opponents for re-election.Riffe, who hailed from the impoverished Appalachian Region of southeastern Ohio fought hard to bring money for development to his corner of the state.

His grandson, Vernal G."Nick" Riffe IV, is running for Porter Township Trustee.Riffe's wife continues to reside in Scioto County.

Riffe's efforts resulted in the creation of Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, sometimes referred to as "Vern Riffe U." He also brought funding to southern Ohio for the building of a major highway, Ohio 32, disparaged as the "Highway to Nowhere," which starts in the countryside near Athens, Ohio, in the east and winds its way westward across Southern Ohio, finally ending in rural Clermont County east of Cincinnati.

A gathering of family, friends, and former political colleagues was held the day before Riffe's birthday (June 25) at the Portsmouth Welcome Center to introduce the book.

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