Briggs, Raymond C. Jr.

Raymond C. Briggs Jr.
Sept. 17, 1930-Nov. 3, 1987


Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, November 4, 1987, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library


Raymond C. Briggs Jr., 57, Ullery Road, Niles, died at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday at Pawating Hospital following an extended illness.

He was a retired car dealer/salesman with Lee Dennis Briggs Oldsmobile Cadillac. He also belonged to the Niles Elks Lodge and the Dowagiac Conservation Club.

Born Sept. 17, 1930, in Niles, he was a lifelong area resident.

On July 24, 1964, in Chicago, he married Mary Vivian Polega Meyers, who survives.

Surviving are two sons, Roger J. and Raymond J. Meyers, both of Niles; two daughters, Terry P. Day of Hershey, Pa., and Jo Anne Quinn of Edwardsburg; a brother, Lee Dennis Briggs of Niles; two sisters, Arley Duncan of Niles and Eileen DeLong of DeLand, Fla.; and nine grandchildren.

Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Halbritter Funeral Home with Rev. Clayton D. Fairo of First Presbyterian Church officiating.

Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the Niles Community Library.