Barbara E. Higgins, 1903-1990

HIGGINS

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 2/7/2009 at 08:21:44

ESTHERVILLE - Services for Barbara Ellen Higgins, 86, will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home in Estherville with the Rev. Neal Armstrong of the Gruver Presbyterian Church officiating. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery with military, service by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion. She died Monday, Feb. 6, 1990 at the Iowa Veterans Home where she was a resident.

Friends may call at the funeral home from 5 - 8 p.m. Wednesday.

She was born November 28,1903 at Gilmore City, the daughter of Mortimore and Stella (Hammersly) Higgins and attended school there until her family moved to Estherville where she graduated from high school. She served in the Women's Army Corps in World War Two. After service she worked several years at the Palo Alto County Hospital in Emmetsburg before moving to San Francisco where she also worked in a hospital as a nurse. After retiring she lived in Spirit Lake and Estherville until 1980 when she moved to the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown.

Survivors include three sisters; Mrs. Helen Osberg, Spirit Lake; Mrs. Melvin (Mary) Ellis and Mrs. Emma Dean both of Estherville. She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers and one sister.

Source: Estherville Daily News, Estherville, Iowa; February 7, 1990.