PIGMAN, Robert L. (1898-1961)

PIGMAN, FOUST, SLOWSON, BEST, MONTGOMERY, BAUER, LEAZER, SCHUMAN, PERKINS

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society (email)
Date: 1/30/2014 at 15:22:52

R. L. Pigman rites Monday at Upper Flat

Britt - Robert Leon Pigman, 62, died at his farm north of Britt Friday. Funeral services will be Monday at 2 p.m. at the Upper Flat Evangelical Free Church. The Rev. Percy Carlson will officiate. Burial will be at Crystal Cemetery, Crystal Lake, with the Boughton Funeral Home in charge.

Born Dec. 12, 1898, in Buena Vista County, he was the son of Voris and Katherine Foust Pigman. He was married Dec. 22, 1923, to Alta Slowson. They had farmed north of Britt since 1926.

Surviving are his wife, two sons, Billie and Duane, Britt; three daughters, Mrs. Marilee Best, Rockwell; Mrs. Sherman (Doris) Montgomery, Lehigh, Iowa; Mrs. Ewald (Lois) Bauer, Sumner, Iowa; four brothers, Alva, Kansas City; Clifford, Lehigh; Dan, Mason City; Elmer, Britt; three sisters, Mrs. Leon (Opal) Leazer, Round Lake Minn.; Mrs. Ed (Viola) Schuman, Round Lake; Mrs. Raymond (Mary) Perkins, Corwith.

source: Mason City Globe Gazette 7 Oct 1961 page 17