BIGGS, Alden I.

BIGGS, OLSON, ROBERTS, PETERSON

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/12/2008 at 16:04:57

"The Fairfield Ledger", Tuesday, May 6, 2008, Page 10

BIGGS, Alden I. -- Alden BIGGS, age 83, of Fairfield, IA, passed away Monday, May 5, 2008, at Nelson Nursing Home in Fairfield.

Open visitation will be held from Noon to 7:00 PM, Thursday, May 8, 2008 at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield.

Funeral services will be held 10:00 AM, Friday, May 9, 2008 at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield. Interment will follow in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.

Online condolences may be sent to the family via: www.behnerfh.com.

The family requests memorials be made to Hospice of Central Iowa. Cards and memorials may be made c/o: 504 W. Jefferson, Fairfield, IA 52556.

Alden I. BIGGS was born August 13, 1934 in Douds, IA to Howard and Clarice (OLSON) BIGGS. He graduated from Fairfield High School in 1943, and lived most of his life in Jefferson County.

Alden was a United States Army Veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a self-employed farmer in Cedar Township and a member of the HyVee Coffee Club.

Alden is survived by his twin sister, Arlene ROBERTS of Fairfield, and special nephew, Allen BIGGS and wife Cindy and their family of Fairfield, as well as many nieces and nephews, cousins, and three sisters-in-law.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters and four brothers; Florence BIGGS, Edna PETERSON, Benjamin, Charles, Harold, and Wayne BIGGS.

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"The Fairfield Ledger", Wednesday, May 7, 2008, Page 8

BIGGS, Alden I. -- Alden I. BIGGS, 83, of Fairfield, died Monday, May 5, 2008, at Nelson Nursing Home in Fairfield.

Mr. BIGGS was born Aug. 13, 1924, in Douds, the son of Howard and Clarice OLSON BIGGS.

Incorrect information appeared in the full obituary that ran in Tuesday's Ledger.

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