Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Wednesday, July 11, 1951
Arch L. BIGGS, 68, was found dead Tuesday evening at 5:30 p.m. at his home near Lake Manitou on Route 1. Death was attributed to a heart attack. Ill for some time, his brothers had helped to care for him. Tuesday evening when they went to his home they found the doors locked and the lights still burning. Local officers were called and they found that Mr. Biggs had passed away during Monday night. He was born April 24, 1882 in Miami county, the son of Frank and Armity BIGGS. Mr. Biggs was a carpenter and was a resident of Fulton county most of his life. He was a member of the Eagles lodge. Survivors are four brothers, George and Dewey [BIGGS] of Rochester; Dee [BIGGS] of Macy; Earl [BIGGS], of Columbus, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Albert WOLF, Rochester; Mrs. Delbert CALHOUN, Monterey and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at the Foster Funeral Home. Rev. Charles SMITH will officiate and burial will be in the Mt. Hope cemetery at Athens. The body is at the Foster funeral home, where friends may call.
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Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1951 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Arch L. BIGGS, 68, was found dead Tuesday evening at 5:30 p.m. at his home near Lake Manitou on Route 1. Death was attributed to a heart attack. Ill for some time, his brothers had helped to care for him. Tuesday evening when they went to his home they found the doors locked and the lights still burning. Local officers were called and they found that Mr. Biggs had passed away during Monday night. He was born April 24, 1882 in Miami county, the son of Frank and Armity BIGGS. Mr. Biggs was a carpenter and was a resident of Fulton county most of his life. He was a member of the Eagles lodge. Survivors are four brothers, George and Dewey [BIGGS] of Rochester; Dee [BIGGS] of Macy; Earl [BIGGS], of Columbus, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Albert WOLF, Rochester; Mrs. Delbert CALHOUN, Monterey and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at the Foster Funeral Home. Rev. Charles SMITH will officiate and burial will be in the Mt. Hope cemetery at Athens. The body is at the Foster funeral home, where friends may call.
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Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1951 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Wednesday, July 11, 1951
Arch L. BIGGS, 68, was found dead Tuesday evening at 5:30 p.m. at his home near Lake Manitou on Route 1. Death was attributed to a heart attack. Ill for some time, his brothers had helped to care for him. Tuesday evening when they went to his home they found the doors locked and the lights still burning. Local officers were called and they found that Mr. Biggs had passed away during Monday night. He was born April 24, 1882 in Miami county, the son of Frank and Armity BIGGS. Mr. Biggs was a carpenter and was a resident of Fulton county most of his life. He was a member of the Eagles lodge. Survivors are four brothers, George and Dewey [BIGGS] of Rochester; Dee [BIGGS] of Macy; Earl [BIGGS], of Columbus, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Albert WOLF, Rochester; Mrs. Delbert CALHOUN, Monterey and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at the Foster Funeral Home. Rev. Charles SMITH will officiate and burial will be in the Mt. Hope cemetery at Athens. The body is at the Foster funeral home, where friends may call.
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Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1951 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
Arch L. BIGGS, 68, was found dead Tuesday evening at 5:30 p.m. at his home near Lake Manitou on Route 1. Death was attributed to a heart attack. Ill for some time, his brothers had helped to care for him. Tuesday evening when they went to his home they found the doors locked and the lights still burning. Local officers were called and they found that Mr. Biggs had passed away during Monday night. He was born April 24, 1882 in Miami county, the son of Frank and Armity BIGGS. Mr. Biggs was a carpenter and was a resident of Fulton county most of his life. He was a member of the Eagles lodge. Survivors are four brothers, George and Dewey [BIGGS] of Rochester; Dee [BIGGS] of Macy; Earl [BIGGS], of Columbus, Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Albert WOLF, Rochester; Mrs. Delbert CALHOUN, Monterey and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 at the Foster Funeral Home. Rev. Charles SMITH will officiate and burial will be in the Mt. Hope cemetery at Athens. The body is at the Foster funeral home, where friends may call.
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Fulton County Indiana Obituaries – 1951 by Jean C. and Wendell C. Tombaugh
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