Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 30, 1952:
Bloomfield Man Plunges to Death
A Bloomfield man leaped to his death from the Millvale Avenue Bridge early yesterday. At the morgue he was identified as William (Red) Bigley, 39, of 332 West Penn Place, and listed as a suicide.
The victim's mother, Mrs. Mamie Bigley, was treated for shock at West Penn Hospital after she was informed of her son's death.
The body was discovered about 3 am by James Murphy, of 851 Brightridge Street, and Walter Ginyard of 432 Fennell Street, both employees of the Federated Metals Company, which is under the bridge.
Pittsburgh Press, June 1, 1952:
William P. Bigley
Funeral services for William P. Bigley, 332 West Penn Place, will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow in McCabe Brothers Funeral Home, 5300 Penn Ave.
Mr. Bigley, a television technician, died Thursday. He was 39.
A graduate of Staunton Military Academy, he enlisted in the Army at the outbreak of World War II and served four and a half years in the South Pacific.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary A. Bigley.
Military rites will be performed, with burial in Allegheny Cemetery.
Bloomfield Man Plunges to Death
A Bloomfield man leaped to his death from the Millvale Avenue Bridge early yesterday. At the morgue he was identified as William (Red) Bigley, 39, of 332 West Penn Place, and listed as a suicide.
The victim's mother, Mrs. Mamie Bigley, was treated for shock at West Penn Hospital after she was informed of her son's death.
The body was discovered about 3 am by James Murphy, of 851 Brightridge Street, and Walter Ginyard of 432 Fennell Street, both employees of the Federated Metals Company, which is under the bridge.
Pittsburgh Press, June 1, 1952:
William P. Bigley
Funeral services for William P. Bigley, 332 West Penn Place, will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow in McCabe Brothers Funeral Home, 5300 Penn Ave.
Mr. Bigley, a television technician, died Thursday. He was 39.
A graduate of Staunton Military Academy, he enlisted in the Army at the outbreak of World War II and served four and a half years in the South Pacific.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary A. Bigley.
Military rites will be performed, with burial in Allegheny Cemetery.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 30, 1952:
Bloomfield Man Plunges to Death
A Bloomfield man leaped to his death from the Millvale Avenue Bridge early yesterday. At the morgue he was identified as William (Red) Bigley, 39, of 332 West Penn Place, and listed as a suicide.
The victim's mother, Mrs. Mamie Bigley, was treated for shock at West Penn Hospital after she was informed of her son's death.
The body was discovered about 3 am by James Murphy, of 851 Brightridge Street, and Walter Ginyard of 432 Fennell Street, both employees of the Federated Metals Company, which is under the bridge.
Pittsburgh Press, June 1, 1952:
William P. Bigley
Funeral services for William P. Bigley, 332 West Penn Place, will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow in McCabe Brothers Funeral Home, 5300 Penn Ave.
Mr. Bigley, a television technician, died Thursday. He was 39.
A graduate of Staunton Military Academy, he enlisted in the Army at the outbreak of World War II and served four and a half years in the South Pacific.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary A. Bigley.
Military rites will be performed, with burial in Allegheny Cemetery.
Bloomfield Man Plunges to Death
A Bloomfield man leaped to his death from the Millvale Avenue Bridge early yesterday. At the morgue he was identified as William (Red) Bigley, 39, of 332 West Penn Place, and listed as a suicide.
The victim's mother, Mrs. Mamie Bigley, was treated for shock at West Penn Hospital after she was informed of her son's death.
The body was discovered about 3 am by James Murphy, of 851 Brightridge Street, and Walter Ginyard of 432 Fennell Street, both employees of the Federated Metals Company, which is under the bridge.
Pittsburgh Press, June 1, 1952:
William P. Bigley
Funeral services for William P. Bigley, 332 West Penn Place, will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow in McCabe Brothers Funeral Home, 5300 Penn Ave.
Mr. Bigley, a television technician, died Thursday. He was 39.
A graduate of Staunton Military Academy, he enlisted in the Army at the outbreak of World War II and served four and a half years in the South Pacific.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary A. Bigley.
Military rites will be performed, with burial in Allegheny Cemetery.
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