Raymond C. Briggs Sr.
February 9, 1899-February 26, 1982
The Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Saturday, February 26, 1982, page 2, col. 3-4
Raymond C. Briggs, Sr., 83, of 326 Ullery Rd., Niles, died at 2:20 p.m. Friday in Pawating Hospital following a brief illness.
Before retiring, he was manager of the Lee Dennis Briggs auto dealership in Niles. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Niles and the Bend of the River Grange.
Mr. Briggs was born Feb. 9, 1899 in Three Oaks and had lived here since 1918, coming from New Troy.
He married Esther H. Saffran on Feb. 15, 1919 in New Troy. She died Sept. 25, 1981.
Survivors include two sons, Lee Dennis Briggs and Raymond C. Briggs, Jr., both of Niles; two daughters, Mrs. Ray (Eileen) DeLong of Deland, Fla. And Mrs. Robert (Arley) Duncan of Niles; two brothers, Kenneth Briggs of Three Oaks and Forrest Briggs of Bridgman; two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Parren of Sawyer and Mrs. Marie Heckahorn of Three Oaks; 10 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles. Rev. David N. Henderson of the Westminster Presbyterian Church will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
There will be no visitation.