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Laura <I>Ross</I> Biggs

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Laura Ross Biggs

Birth
Canada
Death
17 Dec 1930 (aged 65)
Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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LAURA BIGGS DIES SUDDENLY
Mrs. Laura Biggs, aged 65, wife of Harvey Biggs of this city, died Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock at 107 Franklin avenue, following an illness of several years duration of complication of diseases. The decedent had been bedfast only the past five weeks.

She was born in Canada July 4, 1865 and when a young woman came to Chicago to live. Twenty years ago she was united in marriage to Harvey Biggs of this city, who survives. Two daughters and two sons by a former marriage also survive. They are Frank and Harry Carmody, Mrs. John Boyle and Mrs. Joe Malonc, all of Chicago.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 o'clock Friday morning from the F. A. LePell and Sons Funeral parlors. Rev. C. W. Wharton will officiate. Interment will be in Kimbell cemetery.

Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; December 18, 1930; Volume 4, Page 3, Column 3.

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BIGGS FUNERAL THIS MORNING
A large crowd of relatives and friends attended the funeral of Mrs. Harvey Briggs, this morning at 10:30 o'clock from the F. A. LePell and Son Funeral home. The women of Mooseheart Legion, of which she was a member, attended in a body. Services were in charge of Regent Edith Martin, Mrs. Lena Norton, past senoir regent and Mrs. Effie Coyer, chaplain.

Mrs. Bessie Brown Fisher and Mrs. Helen Dean Findling were the singers, and were accompanied by Mrs. Geraldine Blount.

The pallbearers were C. E. Norton, J. Bert Frame, Gerge Ferguson, Thomas G. Vassaw, C. R. Carpenter and William L. Nolla.

Burial was in Kimball cemetery.

Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; December 19, 1930; Volume 4, Page 3, Column 6.

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Notes:
No tombstone exists in Kimball Cemetery marking the burial location for Laura Biggs.

Laura's first husband was George Cronk, whom she married on June 9, 1883, in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. It is believed that no children resulted from this union.

Laura's second husband was Michael Carmody, whom she married on May 1, 1889, in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. The following children resulted from this union: Florence, Ethel, Frank, and Harry.
LAURA BIGGS DIES SUDDENLY
Mrs. Laura Biggs, aged 65, wife of Harvey Biggs of this city, died Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock at 107 Franklin avenue, following an illness of several years duration of complication of diseases. The decedent had been bedfast only the past five weeks.

She was born in Canada July 4, 1865 and when a young woman came to Chicago to live. Twenty years ago she was united in marriage to Harvey Biggs of this city, who survives. Two daughters and two sons by a former marriage also survive. They are Frank and Harry Carmody, Mrs. John Boyle and Mrs. Joe Malonc, all of Chicago.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 o'clock Friday morning from the F. A. LePell and Sons Funeral parlors. Rev. C. W. Wharton will officiate. Interment will be in Kimbell cemetery.

Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; December 18, 1930; Volume 4, Page 3, Column 3.

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BIGGS FUNERAL THIS MORNING
A large crowd of relatives and friends attended the funeral of Mrs. Harvey Briggs, this morning at 10:30 o'clock from the F. A. LePell and Son Funeral home. The women of Mooseheart Legion, of which she was a member, attended in a body. Services were in charge of Regent Edith Martin, Mrs. Lena Norton, past senoir regent and Mrs. Effie Coyer, chaplain.

Mrs. Bessie Brown Fisher and Mrs. Helen Dean Findling were the singers, and were accompanied by Mrs. Geraldine Blount.

The pallbearers were C. E. Norton, J. Bert Frame, Gerge Ferguson, Thomas G. Vassaw, C. R. Carpenter and William L. Nolla.

Burial was in Kimball cemetery.

Source: The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; December 19, 1930; Volume 4, Page 3, Column 6.

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Notes:
No tombstone exists in Kimball Cemetery marking the burial location for Laura Biggs.

Laura's first husband was George Cronk, whom she married on June 9, 1883, in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. It is believed that no children resulted from this union.

Laura's second husband was Michael Carmody, whom she married on May 1, 1889, in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. The following children resulted from this union: Florence, Ethel, Frank, and Harry.


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