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Irving L “Spudd” Riggs

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Irving L “Spudd” Riggs

Birth
Elba Center, Knox County, Illinois, USA
Death
8 Jul 1994 (aged 61)
Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Wataga, Knox County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.0235722, Longitude: -90.2677611
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Irving L. "Spud" Riggs, 61, Galesburg, died Friday, July 8, 1994, at home.
Services are 1:30 p.m. Monday at Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Home, Knoxville. Burial is in Wataga Cemetery.
Visitation is 6 to 8 tonight. Memorials may be made to Knox County 4-H.

Mr. Riggs was born Sept. 15, 1932, in Elba Center, Ill., the son of Charles H. and Mary Philetta Bohannan Riggs. He married Martha Kennedy Oct. 5, 1957, in Galesburg.

He was employed as an engineer for 25 years at the former Galesburg Mental Health Center and as a maintenance engineer for five years at Henry C. Hill Correctional Center, Galesburg, retiring in 1992.

Survivors include the widow; a daughter and son-in-law, Sue and William Scott, and a son, Charles E. Riggs, all of Galesburg; a grandson; and sisters and
brothers-in-law, Mary Jane and Billie Peterson, Andalusia, and Paula Faye and Thomas
Simpson, Monica, Ill.

Quad City Times July 10, 1994
Irving L. "Spud" Riggs, 61, Galesburg, died Friday, July 8, 1994, at home.
Services are 1:30 p.m. Monday at Hurd-Hendricks Funeral Home, Knoxville. Burial is in Wataga Cemetery.
Visitation is 6 to 8 tonight. Memorials may be made to Knox County 4-H.

Mr. Riggs was born Sept. 15, 1932, in Elba Center, Ill., the son of Charles H. and Mary Philetta Bohannan Riggs. He married Martha Kennedy Oct. 5, 1957, in Galesburg.

He was employed as an engineer for 25 years at the former Galesburg Mental Health Center and as a maintenance engineer for five years at Henry C. Hill Correctional Center, Galesburg, retiring in 1992.

Survivors include the widow; a daughter and son-in-law, Sue and William Scott, and a son, Charles E. Riggs, all of Galesburg; a grandson; and sisters and
brothers-in-law, Mary Jane and Billie Peterson, Andalusia, and Paula Faye and Thomas
Simpson, Monica, Ill.

Quad City Times July 10, 1994


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  • Created by: DM Scott
  • Added: Sep 27, 2017
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183777702/irving_l-riggs: accessed ), memorial page for Irving L “Spudd” Riggs (15 Sep 1932–8 Jul 1994), Find a Grave Memorial ID 183777702, citing Sparta Township Cemetery, Wataga, Knox County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by DM Scott (contributor 47110289).