OBITUARY:
"The Telegraph" dated June 12, 2004
Dorothy I. (Gross) Rigsbey, 89, died at 5;30 p.m. Thursday, June 10, 2004, at her home. She was born Aug. 13, 1914, in Jersey County, to Joseph Curtis & Hattie (Bowers) Gross.
She married Clarence A. Rigsbey May 5, 1955, in Alton. He died Feb. 12, 1973. She was a real estate agent, retired from State Realty, and was a foster grandmother for several years.
She is survived by a daughter, Fern Loy-Darr of Medora; a son and his wife, Mark and Vicky Rigsbey of Brighton; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Delbert Gross of Medora and Gerald Robert Gross of Quartzsite, Ariz.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; a grandson, Gary Darr; brothers Lester, George Alvin, Floyd, Pearl and Wilbur Gross; a sister, Mildred Moran; and a son-in-law, Myron Darr.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Targhetta Funeral Home in Medora, where services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be at Gelder Cemetery. Memorials may be made to BJC Hospice or Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Medora.
"The Telegraph" dated June 12, 2004
Dorothy I. (Gross) Rigsbey, 89, died at 5;30 p.m. Thursday, June 10, 2004, at her home. She was born Aug. 13, 1914, in Jersey County, to Joseph Curtis & Hattie (Bowers) Gross.
She married Clarence A. Rigsbey May 5, 1955, in Alton. He died Feb. 12, 1973. She was a real estate agent, retired from State Realty, and was a foster grandmother for several years.
She is survived by a daughter, Fern Loy-Darr of Medora; a son and his wife, Mark and Vicky Rigsbey of Brighton; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Delbert Gross of Medora and Gerald Robert Gross of Quartzsite, Ariz.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; a grandson, Gary Darr; brothers Lester, George Alvin, Floyd, Pearl and Wilbur Gross; a sister, Mildred Moran; and a son-in-law, Myron Darr.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Targhetta Funeral Home in Medora, where services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be at Gelder Cemetery. Memorials may be made to BJC Hospice or Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Medora.
OBITUARY:
"The Telegraph" dated June 12, 2004
Dorothy I. (Gross) Rigsbey, 89, died at 5;30 p.m. Thursday, June 10, 2004, at her home. She was born Aug. 13, 1914, in Jersey County, to Joseph Curtis & Hattie (Bowers) Gross.
She married Clarence A. Rigsbey May 5, 1955, in Alton. He died Feb. 12, 1973. She was a real estate agent, retired from State Realty, and was a foster grandmother for several years.
She is survived by a daughter, Fern Loy-Darr of Medora; a son and his wife, Mark and Vicky Rigsbey of Brighton; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Delbert Gross of Medora and Gerald Robert Gross of Quartzsite, Ariz.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; a grandson, Gary Darr; brothers Lester, George Alvin, Floyd, Pearl and Wilbur Gross; a sister, Mildred Moran; and a son-in-law, Myron Darr.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Targhetta Funeral Home in Medora, where services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be at Gelder Cemetery. Memorials may be made to BJC Hospice or Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Medora.
"The Telegraph" dated June 12, 2004
Dorothy I. (Gross) Rigsbey, 89, died at 5;30 p.m. Thursday, June 10, 2004, at her home. She was born Aug. 13, 1914, in Jersey County, to Joseph Curtis & Hattie (Bowers) Gross.
She married Clarence A. Rigsbey May 5, 1955, in Alton. He died Feb. 12, 1973. She was a real estate agent, retired from State Realty, and was a foster grandmother for several years.
She is survived by a daughter, Fern Loy-Darr of Medora; a son and his wife, Mark and Vicky Rigsbey of Brighton; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Delbert Gross of Medora and Gerald Robert Gross of Quartzsite, Ariz.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; a grandson, Gary Darr; brothers Lester, George Alvin, Floyd, Pearl and Wilbur Gross; a sister, Mildred Moran; and a son-in-law, Myron Darr.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Targhetta Funeral Home in Medora, where services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be at Gelder Cemetery. Memorials may be made to BJC Hospice or Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Medora.
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