Warren Biggs 1907-2004

KIRK, BIGGS, THOMPSON

Posted By: Lori Clark (email)
Date: 2/12/2004 at 12:10:20

Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service
Iowa City – 319-338-1132

Iowa City Press Citizen –
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Iowa City Dateline:

Warren Biggs, age 96 of 701 Oaknoll Drive, Iowa City died Friday, February 6, 2004 at the Oaknoll Retirement Residence in Iowa City.

Cremation services were provided by Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service of Iowa City. Burial will be at a later date in Reading, Massachusetts. In leiu of flowers memorial doantions can be made in Warren’s memory to Goodwill Industries of Southeast Iowa @ 1410 South First Avenue, Iowa city, Iowa 52240

Warren Biggs was born November 4, 1907, in McKee’s Mills, Canada the son of Joseph and Ida (Kirk) Biggs. He graduated from Lincoln Prep School in Boston, and attended MIT College. He enlisted in the United States Navy during WWII, retiring after 20 years of service attaining the rank of Lt. Commander. On April 16, 1933, he married Grace Thompson in Portland, Maine. The couple made their home in Belmont, Massachusetts for over fifty years. Here in nearby Watertown, Warren was an engineer for B.F. Goodrich for over forty-eight years. He and Grace moved to Iowa City in 1992, to be closer to their daughter and her family.

In Belmont, he was a member of the All Saints Episcopal Church and the Masonic Lodge. Warren enjoyed being able to fix anything, and was always willing to try. He also valued education, knowing that this was the key to this world.

His family includes his wife of over seventy years, Grace; daughter and her husband, Lelia and Dr. Charles Helms of Iowa City; son and his wife, Selden Biggs and Annie Millar of McLean, VA; grandchildren, Wesley Helms and his fiancee, Connie Liu, Bethany Helms and her fiancé, Ben Lewis, and Timothy Helms; step-grandchildren, Sanghita Millar and Kalpana Millar.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and granddaughter, Emily Helms.

Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service is caring for Warren’s family and his services.