Mirto E. “Slim” Bigsby
March 15, 1883-Aug. 18, 1968
Niles Daily Star, Monday, August 19, 1968, page 10, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
Mirto E. “Slim' Bigsby, 85, Salinas, Calif., died a 7 a.m. yesterday in Pawating Hospital where he had been a patient for the past 90 days.
Mr. Bigsby was born March 16, 1883 in St. Ignace, Mich. He moved from Niles to California 15 years ago. During his lifetime, he was a member of the Presbyterian Church, Salinas, Calif.; Niles Shrine, Saladin Temple, St. Joseph Lodge No. 4 F. & A.M., Madona White Shrine, O.E.S., Niles Lions, Niles Elks, F.O.P. and the founder of the Bigsby Moving and Storage. He was married to Mrs. Ruth Bigsby who survives.
Other survivors include two sons, Floyd and George both of Niles; four brothers, Floyd of British Columbia, Charles of Shreveport,La., Claud of Ionia, and Clare of Sanford, Mich.; a sister, Mrs. Viola Stewart of St. Louis, Mich.; and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held in the Pifer Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Tuesday with the Rev. Kenneth Carey, pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home.