news@tribtoday.com Correspondent photo / Sean Barron Richard Ridener of Vienna carefully places a wreath next to the gravestone bearing the name of his late father, Earl R. Ridener, a World War II U.S. Navy veteran who was among the service members honored during Saturdayâs annual Wreaths Across America event in the Girard-Liberty Union Cemetery in Girard. The elder Ridener died in 2004. GIRARD — Earl R. Ridener spent much of his life in the construction business building homes, but he also had built a foundation upon which sits the legacy of a man who reached far beyond himself, those who knew him say.