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Vera <I>Olmstead</I> Riggs

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Vera Olmstead Riggs

Birth
Frederick, Tillman County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
22 Aug 2005 (aged 98)
Conway Springs, Sumner County, Kansas, USA
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Conway Springs, Sumner County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Block 68, Original Cemetery
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The Wichita Eagle, August 24, 2005:
CONWAY SRINGS - Riggs, Vera (Olmstead), 98, died Aug. 22, 2005. Service 2 p.m. Friday, United Methodist Church, Conway Springs. She was born Nov. 14, 1906 near Frederick, OK, the daughter of Albert and Bertha Simpson Olmstead. She married William Farris Riggs on Aug. 8, 1926. He died Nov. 3, 1976. Survivors: sons, Farris Gene Riggs, Creed, CO, Marion Lee "Curly" Riggs, Hot Springs, AR; daughter, Joyce E. Church, Conway Springs; sisters Merle Mott, Rock Island, IL, Onita Wilson, Frederick, OK; 5 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great granddaughter. Memorial: United Methodist Church or Conway Springs Volunteer Ambulance. Ebersole Mortuary, Conway Springs.
Vera was preceded in death by a daughter, Nelma Joan Henderson, who died June 14, 1976 in Jefferson Co., KY.
The Wichita Eagle, August 24, 2005:
CONWAY SRINGS - Riggs, Vera (Olmstead), 98, died Aug. 22, 2005. Service 2 p.m. Friday, United Methodist Church, Conway Springs. She was born Nov. 14, 1906 near Frederick, OK, the daughter of Albert and Bertha Simpson Olmstead. She married William Farris Riggs on Aug. 8, 1926. He died Nov. 3, 1976. Survivors: sons, Farris Gene Riggs, Creed, CO, Marion Lee "Curly" Riggs, Hot Springs, AR; daughter, Joyce E. Church, Conway Springs; sisters Merle Mott, Rock Island, IL, Onita Wilson, Frederick, OK; 5 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great granddaughter. Memorial: United Methodist Church or Conway Springs Volunteer Ambulance. Ebersole Mortuary, Conway Springs.
Vera was preceded in death by a daughter, Nelma Joan Henderson, who died June 14, 1976 in Jefferson Co., KY.

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  • Created by: Della M Shafer
  • Added: Oct 22, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30770243/vera-riggs: accessed ), memorial page for Vera Olmstead Riggs (14 Nov 1906–22 Aug 2005), Find a Grave Memorial ID 30770243, citing Conway Springs Cemetery, Conway Springs, Sumner County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by Della M Shafer (contributor 47045656).