Volume 9 , Issue 11

1998 Obit - Loren Dean Riggs

OBITUARY (Alva Review-Courier, 8 Oct 1998) -- Loren Dean Riggs, 54, passed away Oct. 2, 1998, at the Veteran's Hospital in San Francisco, Calif. Loren was born in Hardtner Kan. on Sept. 2, 1944 to Mildred (Umbarger) and Dennis Riggs.

As a child, his parents moved to Kansas City, where he attended school, graduating from Turner High School in 1962. He moved to Alva where he attended Northwestern Oklahoma State Teacher's College, graduating from there and getting his master's degree at SIU in Carbondale, Ill. After graduation, he entered the Air Force as a private, entering Officer's Candidate School to become a 2nd Lieutenant.

While living in Alva, he worked several years at Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company. He taught high school drama in Chicago, Ill., for several years before moving to San Francisco in 1975 where he became a real estate appraiser in the Bay area for 18 years.

Loren was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Vera. He is survived by his sister, Ina and her husband, Bill Snyder, of Amarillo, Texas, and his brother Wilbur (Bill) Riggs of Wagoner; two nieces, Dolores (Snyder) Evers of Canyon, Texas, and Leigh (Riggs) Manlove of Tulsa; two nephews, Dennis Snyder and John Snyder of Amarillo, Texas; one aunt, Oneita Riggs of Alva, other relatives and friends.

OBITUARY (unidentified) SAN FRANCISCO -- Burial and a memorial service for Loren Dean Riggs, 54, are still pending in San Francisco.

He was born Sept. 2, 1944, at Hardtner, Kan., to Dennis and Mildred Umbarger Riggs and died Friday, Oct. 2, 1998, in San Francisco.

He graduated from Turner High School at Kansas City, Mo., in 1962. He graduated from Northwestern State Teachers College, Alva, and later worked at Panhandle Eastern. He received his master's degree from Southern Illinois University. He joined the Air Force as an enlisted man and later entered officer's candidate school.

He taught high school drama in Chicago for several years before moving to San Francisco in 1975, where he became a real estate appraiser in the Bay area for 18 years.

He is survived by his sister, Ina Snyder of Amarillo, Texas; a brother, Wilbur Riggs of Wagoner; two nieces, Dolores Evers of Canyon, Texas, Leigh Manlone [sic] of Tulsa; two nephews, Dennis Snyder, John Snyder, both of Amarillo; and one aunt, Oneita Riggs of Alva. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister.

Additional Note: Loren and Dottie Michaels were married in April 1963 and divorced in 1964. After his death, Loren's body was donated for medical research and was eventually cremated. His brother, Wilbur Riggs, buried the urn containing Loren's remains in the Pleasant View Cemetery near Dacoma, Woods Co., OK, between the graves of his parents, Dennis and Mildred Riggs; the burial was in January 1999. -- Rod Murrow
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