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Lawrence Higinbotham 1906-1994

HIGINBOTHAM, LAWRENCE, HART

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 12/9/2012 at 22:49:04

Lawrence Higinbotham
Estherville – Services for Lawrence Higinbotham of Houston, Texas, formerly of Gruver will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home with interment at East Side Cemetery with full military graveside rites by American Legion Post No. 91 and V.F.W. Post No. 3388. He died Friday, July 1, 1994 at Willowbrook Healthcare, Houston.

He was born Aug. 19, 1906 at Gruver, the son of Charles and Grace (Lawrence) Higinbotham and attended Gruver School graduating in 1924. He attended Estherville Junior College one year and completed his education at the University of Iowa. He worked for Standard Oil Co. in Spencer until 1942 when he entered the U.S. Army. In 1945 following his army discharge, he worked for Parks Motor Co. in Spencer and sold cars in Algona. He later sold insurance until retirement. He moved to Houston in 1991 to be near his nephew, Dean Higinbotham and his family.

He is survived by one nephew, Dean, of Houston, a niece, Mrs. Harold (Janet) Hart of Chandler, Texas; grand nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Bill. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, July 6, 1994)


 

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