Truck Operated by K.R. Briggs Hits Pole and Burns
Kenneth R. Briggs, of Orbisonia, died in St. Elizabeth's hospital, Youngtown, Ohio, on Wednesday, November 19, 1941, of burns which he received in an accident on October 30. Mr. Briggs sustained the burns when the truck which he was driving as an employe of the Decarbo Express Company of New Castle, Pa., struck a pole and caught fire on Route 422 out of E. Girard, Ohio. He had major burns about the face, hands and legs. Born October 10, 1915, at Burnt Cabins, he was a son of Jess and Margaret Hampton Briggs. At the time of his death he was aged 26 years, one month and nine days. Surviving are his parents and the following brother and sisters: Robert Briggs of Burnt Cabins; Donald, Julian, Glenn, Elizabeth and Geraldine Briggs, all at home, and Mrs. Helen Fogal, of Shade Gap. The young man was a member of the Burnt Cabins Methodist church. Short services will be held at his late home in Orbisonia, on Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, with furthur services in the Burnt Cabins Methodist church at 2:30 o'clock. The Rev. J.M. Garthoff will officiate. Interment will be made in the Burnt Cabins cemetery, directed by Behel's funeral service.
25 November 1941
Truck Operated by K.R. Briggs Hits Pole and Burns
Kenneth R. Briggs, of Orbisonia, died in St. Elizabeth's hospital, Youngtown, Ohio, on Wednesday, November 19, 1941, of burns which he received in an accident on October 30. Mr. Briggs sustained the burns when the truck which he was driving as an employe of the Decarbo Express Company of New Castle, Pa., struck a pole and caught fire on Route 422 out of E. Girard, Ohio. He had major burns about the face, hands and legs. Born October 10, 1915, at Burnt Cabins, he was a son of Jess and Margaret Hampton Briggs. At the time of his death he was aged 26 years, one month and nine days. Surviving are his parents and the following brother and sisters: Robert Briggs of Burnt Cabins; Donald, Julian, Glenn, Elizabeth and Geraldine Briggs, all at home, and Mrs. Helen Fogal, of Shade Gap. The young man was a member of the Burnt Cabins Methodist church. Short services will be held at his late home in Orbisonia, on Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, with furthur services in the Burnt Cabins Methodist church at 2:30 o'clock. The Rev. J.M. Garthoff will officiate. Interment will be made in the Burnt Cabins cemetery, directed by Behel's funeral service.
25 November 1941
Family Members
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Lewis Thomas Briggs
1907–1908
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Robert Edward Briggs
1910–1980
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Helen Gertrude Briggs Fogal
1912–2007
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Donald Vincent Briggs Sr
1920–1971
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Edith Mae Briggs Locke
1922–2014
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Geraldine Agnes Briggs Kelley
1924–2013
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Julian Jesse "Buzz" Briggs
1926–2005
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Glenn Hampton Briggs
1928–1999
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Herbert Leroy Briggs
1929–1932
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