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Submitted: 4/6/14 • Approved: 5/18/21 • Last Updated: 5/21/21 • R994100-G994100-S3
Lewis
Oct 26, 1923 - Aug 30, 2017
OBIT
Lewis E. Riggle of Cincinnati. Beloved husband of the late Alice Brehm Riggle. Loving father of the late Alice Anne Northup and Michael Riggle. Cherished grandfather of Alice (Jack) Sowers and William Fisher. Great grandfather of William, Rory and Alice Vivian Sowers. Passed away Aug. 30, 2017 at the age of 93 after a brief illness. Born in Canton, Ohio to Lewis and Merle Riggle, Lewis served in World War II, where he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and a Purple Heart. After a distinguished 30-year career in the Air Force, as part of the Strategic Air Command, Lewis retired as a Lt. Colonel.
Alice
Jan 18, 1926 - Dec 29, 2011
Obit
Alice Brehm Riggle, 85, of Jacksonville died Thursday, December 29, 2011. She was born January 18, 1926 in Memphis, Tennessee to the late Samuel and Louise Dillingham Brehm. Mrs. Riggle was a graduate of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and a member of Sigma Psi sorority. She was a member of the Jacksonville United Methodist Church, a longtime supporter and volunteer for the Pet Angels organization and an American Red Cross volunteer at Little Rock Air Force Base for many years. Mrs. Riggle was a wonderful wife and mother.
Mrs. Riggle is survived by her husband of 65 years, Lt Col Lewis Riggle (USAF Retired), two children, Anne Northup of Loveland, Ohio and Michael Riggle of Midway, Georgia; two grandchildren, William Fisher
and Alice Sowers, both of Cincinnati, Ohio and one great grandson, William Sowers.
Visitation will be from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. Monday, January 2, 2012 at Moores Jacksonville Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home chapel with Reverend Mark McDonald officiating. Entombment will follow in Chapel Pines Mausoleum on the grounds of Chapel Hill Memorial Park under the direction of Moores Jacksonville Funeral Home (501)982-2136. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to the Pulaski County Humane Society; 14600 Colonel Glenn Road; Little Rock, AR 72210-2223.
Mar Lewis Dec 28, 1946
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