Robert Alvin Briggs

1909 - 1983  (73 years)

• Name	Robert Alvin Briggs
  Born	23 Jan 1909	Greeley, Weld County, Colorado, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Jan 1983	Colorado, USA
  Buried	Y  [1]
  Person ID	I227826	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	Robert B. Briggs,   b. 26 Apr 1872, Missouri, USA ,   d. 17 Jan 1953, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Eva Leota Christman,   b. 5 Apr 1886, Colorado, USA ,   d. 2 Jul 1971, Greeley, Weld County, Colorado, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Married	Abt 1908
  Family ID	F47923	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S927] Obituary. Briggs, Robert Alvin Briggs Source: The Denver [Colorado] Post; Tuesday, 25 Jan 1983 Services for Robert Alvin Briggs, Denver, were Monday at Westminster United Presbyterian Church. Burial was in Crown Hill. Briggs, 73, died Thursday at Presbyterian Medical Center. He was born Jan. 23, 1909, in Greeley, and was reared and educated there. His first wife, the form Leta Eidson, died in 1954. In 1966 he was married to Lettie Gregory Cooke in Denver. Briggs was employed by Morey Mercantile Co. and National Jewish Hospital. After his retirement in 1977 he was a volunteer at the Arthritis Craft Shop where he taught chair caning. He enjoyed gardening and fishing. He was a member of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local No. 1. He is survived by his wife; six daughters, Arlene Weaver, Texas, Dorothy Jackson, Hotchkiss, Ruth Schubert, Georgia, Mary Ann Straw, San Jose, Calif., and Elsie Elliott and Evelyn Harvey, both of Westminster; two sons, Robert A. Jr., Westminster, and Albert, Littleton; five stepdaughters, Betty Cudsworth, Estes Park, Leona VanCleef, Castle Rock, Myra Pearson, Kansas, Marlene Cialone, New Jersey, and Diane Burkland, Denver; four brothers, Ray, Arizona, Clarence, Greeley, Lloyd, Monterey, Calif., and George, Casper, Wyo.; three sisters, Virginia Lantz, Greeley, Opal Briggs, Los Angeles, and Faye Henneck, Greeley; 44 grandchildren and 39 great-grandchildren. Contributions may be made to the Westminster United Presbyterian Church, West 74th Avenue and Osceola Street, Westminster, 80030.