OBIT: Robert Edward RIGGS, 1973, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  RIGGS
  
  Robert Edward Riggs, D.D.S., 49, of MeConnellsburg, Pa., died Sunday,
  Feb. 11, at 9:30 a.m. at the Fulton County Medical Center.  Born in
  Ligonier Valley, Pa., on November 21, 1923, he was the son of the
  late Eugene Ripley Riggs and Esther Johnson Riggs, of Friedens, RD 1,
  Pa.  He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.  A graduate of
  Franklin and Marshall College, Laneaster, Pa., he earned his
  Doctorate in Dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania in
  Philadelphia.  He was a member of the Board of Commonwealth Relations
  Council of the University of Pennsylvania, a member of the staff of
  the Fulton County Medieal Center, a past president of the Cumberland
  Valley Dental Assoeiation and past president of the Fulton County
  Sportsmen's Club.  He served on the couneil of the St. Paul's Lutheran
  Chureh of McConnellsburg.  He was the founder and first president of
  the Great Cove Golf Club in Fulton County and was honored in 1970 by
  the Fulton County Chamber of Commeree with the Man of the Yar Award.
  He had practieed dentistry in McConnellsburg for the past twenty-four
  years.  He is survived by his wife, Margaret MacGarrigle Riggs, two
  daughters, Lindsay Ann and Leslie Marshall, and a son, Robert
  MacGarrigle Riggs, all at home.  Also surviving are his mother, Mrs.
  Eugene R. Riggs, and one brother, Sidney Warren Riggs, both of
  Friedens, RD 1, and four sisters: Mrs. Willard (Evelyn) Uhl, of
  Somerset; Mrs. James (Laura) Reed, New Florence RD 1; Mrs. Clarence
  (Naney) Hay; and Mrs. Robert (Mary Jo) Hall, both of Friedens RD 1.
  Friends will be received at the Kelso Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m.
  on Tuesday, February 13, where services will be held on Wednesday,
  Feb. 14, at 1 p.m.  Burial will be in the Union Cemetery, McConnellsburg, Pa.

   Daily American, 12 February 1973
  
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