Lee Dennis Briggs
May 15, 1920-February 2, 1998
The Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Wednesday, February 2, 1998, page 2, col. 1-2
Long-time Niles car dealer dies
A memorial service for Lee Dennis Briggs, 77, 745 Colony, Niles, will be held Friday at the Pifer-Smith Funeral Home in Niles.
Cremation has taken place.
Mr. Briggs died Monday at 5:29 p.m. at Lakeland Medical Center, Niles, of natural causes.
He was born May 15, 1920, in Niles.
Mr. Briggs formerly owned the Briggs Oldsmobile & Cadillac dealership in Niles.
He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Niles; a life member of Orchard hills Country club, where he loved to pay golf and pay cards (Gin) and was a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks Lodge No. 1322 in Niles.
Survivors include his former wife and lifelong companion, Marna Pethick Briggs of Niles; three daughters, Sandra Sue Hughes of Bristol, Ind., Sheri L. Vogel of Stevensville and Gayle Linville Severinson of Wisconsin; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and two sister, Arley Dunkin and Eileen Delong, both of Niles.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Raymond Briggs.
In gratitude for care given to his great-grandson Tony Stockbarger, memorial contributions may be given to MSU-KCMS Pediatric Hematology & Oncology, Attn: Laura Mullins, 252 E. Lovell, Suite 64, Kalamazoo, MI 49007.