Tigges, Wilbur L. (1907-2008)

TIGGES, GOODRICH, LINDLIEF, SCHWINDT, REINTS, WINTER

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 12/10/2014 at 06:42:02

Wilbur L. Tigges
July 3, 1907 - January 28, 2008

Wilbur Lawrence Tigges, a son of William and Esther (Goodrich) Tigges, was born on July 3, 1907, on a farm in Spring Township, Cherokee County, Iowa. He received his early education while attending country schools. In 1926, he graduated from Brooke Consolidated School.

On September 21, 1932, Wilbur married Marguerite Lindlief at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. Following their wedding, Wilbur farmed the family farm all his life before retiring to Peterson in 1975. Nonetheless, he still went out to the farm and helped his son for many years. Wilbur was a member on the Brooke School Board and the St. John’s Church Board. A past member of the Peterson Lion’s Club and one of the first to practice soil conservation by building terraces and contouring, Wilbur loved to go ballroom dancing, square dancing, and fishing.

Wilbur passed away on January 28, 2008, at the Cherokee Regional Medical Center in Cherokee, Iowa, at the age of 100. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Marguerite, on May 29, 2001; a son, Lynn, in infancy in 1943; a grandson, Roger Tigges, in 1978; and his brothers and sisters: Edith, Esther, Earl, Pearl, Eldon, and Chester.

Left to cherish his memory are his two sons, Carroll, and his wife, Elsie, of Peterson, Iowa, and Neal, and his wife, Marilyn, of Scottsdale, Arizona; his daughter, Joy, and her husband, Roger, of Lincoln, Nebraska; eight grandchildren: Mark Tigges (Linda), Gary Tigges(Cindy), Donna Schwindt (Matt Kunitz), Larry Tigges (Cindy), Allen Tigges (Marilyn), Debbie Schwindt, Gerri Reints (Tom), Fay Winter (Bill); and eleven great-grandchildren; as well as other relatives and friends.

VISITATION: After 12:00 noon on Wednesday, January 30, 2008, with the family present from 6:00 to 7:30 P.M., Wednesday evening, at the funeral home in Peterson.

SERVICES: At 11:00 A.M, Thursday, January 31, 2008, at St. John's United Church of Christ in Rural Peterson. Pastor Charles Hall officiating.

MUSIC: Organist - Donna Groepper; Soloist - Galen Rozeboom; "Beyond The Sunset," "Good Night and Good Morning;" Congregational Hymn: "How Great Thou Art".

CASKET BEARERS: Mark Tigges, Larry Tigges, Carson Tigges, Allen Tigges, Tate Tigges, Tom Reints, Tyler Tigges, Donna Schwindt, Debbie Schwindt.

INTERMENT: St. John's Cemetery, Rural Peterson, Iowa.

Copyright © 2008, Warner Funeral Home, Peterson, Iowa

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