son of the late Charles and Alice Virginia Clouston Riggle. Mr. Riggle was a lifelong area resident and a 1933 graduate
of Warren High School. He had also attended the one room schoolhouse in Tiona. He was employed at Struthers Wells Corporation for thirty-eight years as a tool and dye maker and a machinist, retiring in 1979. He served in the Army during WW II in the Pacific Theater and in the Korean War, where he was a gunner on a half–track. He and his wife were members of the Scandia Covenant Church and former members of the Lander Methodist Church, where he taught an adult Sunday School class. He was also a member of the Scandia
Volunteer Fire Department and was active in the boy
scouts with a Lander troop for many years.
He is survived by three daughters, Sandra Walters and
her husband Chester, Warren, Janice Kuppertz and her husband Albert, Clarendon, and Deborah Jenkins and her husband Irvin, Tionesta; four sons, Donald Riggle and his
wife Jill, Carpentersville, Illinois, John Riggle, Warren,
James Riggle and his wife Mary Beth, Youngsville, and
Jeffrey Riggle and his wife Jeannie, Scandia; twenty two
grandchildren; eleven great grandchildren; and several
nieces and nephews.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Doris E. Widdifield
Riggle, whom he married on June 15, 1942 in Tionesta, who died December 27, 1994; a brother, Walter Riggle; and
a sister, Gertrude Hart.
of Warren High School. He had also attended the one room schoolhouse in Tiona. He was employed at Struthers Wells Corporation for thirty-eight years as a tool and dye maker and a machinist, retiring in 1979. He served in the Army during WW II in the Pacific Theater and in the Korean War, where he was a gunner on a half–track. He and his wife were members of the Scandia Covenant Church and former members of the Lander Methodist Church, where he taught an adult Sunday School class. He was also a member of the Scandia
Volunteer Fire Department and was active in the boy
scouts with a Lander troop for many years.
He is survived by three daughters, Sandra Walters and
her husband Chester, Warren, Janice Kuppertz and her husband Albert, Clarendon, and Deborah Jenkins and her husband Irvin, Tionesta; four sons, Donald Riggle and his
wife Jill, Carpentersville, Illinois, John Riggle, Warren,
James Riggle and his wife Mary Beth, Youngsville, and
Jeffrey Riggle and his wife Jeannie, Scandia; twenty two
grandchildren; eleven great grandchildren; and several
nieces and nephews.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Doris E. Widdifield
Riggle, whom he married on June 15, 1942 in Tionesta, who died December 27, 1994; a brother, Walter Riggle; and
a sister, Gertrude Hart.
son of the late Charles and Alice Virginia Clouston Riggle. Mr. Riggle was a lifelong area resident and a 1933 graduate
of Warren High School. He had also attended the one room schoolhouse in Tiona. He was employed at Struthers Wells Corporation for thirty-eight years as a tool and dye maker and a machinist, retiring in 1979. He served in the Army during WW II in the Pacific Theater and in the Korean War, where he was a gunner on a half–track. He and his wife were members of the Scandia Covenant Church and former members of the Lander Methodist Church, where he taught an adult Sunday School class. He was also a member of the Scandia
Volunteer Fire Department and was active in the boy
scouts with a Lander troop for many years.
He is survived by three daughters, Sandra Walters and
her husband Chester, Warren, Janice Kuppertz and her husband Albert, Clarendon, and Deborah Jenkins and her husband Irvin, Tionesta; four sons, Donald Riggle and his
wife Jill, Carpentersville, Illinois, John Riggle, Warren,
James Riggle and his wife Mary Beth, Youngsville, and
Jeffrey Riggle and his wife Jeannie, Scandia; twenty two
grandchildren; eleven great grandchildren; and several
nieces and nephews.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Doris E. Widdifield
Riggle, whom he married on June 15, 1942 in Tionesta, who died December 27, 1994; a brother, Walter Riggle; and
a sister, Gertrude Hart.
of Warren High School. He had also attended the one room schoolhouse in Tiona. He was employed at Struthers Wells Corporation for thirty-eight years as a tool and dye maker and a machinist, retiring in 1979. He served in the Army during WW II in the Pacific Theater and in the Korean War, where he was a gunner on a half–track. He and his wife were members of the Scandia Covenant Church and former members of the Lander Methodist Church, where he taught an adult Sunday School class. He was also a member of the Scandia
Volunteer Fire Department and was active in the boy
scouts with a Lander troop for many years.
He is survived by three daughters, Sandra Walters and
her husband Chester, Warren, Janice Kuppertz and her husband Albert, Clarendon, and Deborah Jenkins and her husband Irvin, Tionesta; four sons, Donald Riggle and his
wife Jill, Carpentersville, Illinois, John Riggle, Warren,
James Riggle and his wife Mary Beth, Youngsville, and
Jeffrey Riggle and his wife Jeannie, Scandia; twenty two
grandchildren; eleven great grandchildren; and several
nieces and nephews.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Doris E. Widdifield
Riggle, whom he married on June 15, 1942 in Tionesta, who died December 27, 1994; a brother, Walter Riggle; and
a sister, Gertrude Hart.
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