Higginbotham, Art 1898-1966

HIGGINBOTHAM

Posted By: Plymouth County Coordinator (email)
Date: 11/29/2003 at 20:40:19

Lemars Sentinel, 1 Feb 1966, pg 3, col. 2

ART HIGGINBOTHAM RITES AT KINGSLEY

Funeral services for Art Higginbotham, 67, Kingsley, were at 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Church of the Brethren, Kingsley. Rev. David Cave officiated.

Interment was in the Kingsley Cemetery under the direction of the Sickison - Michaelson Funeral Home, Kingsley.

Mr. Higginbotham died unexpectedly last Thursday afternoon at his residence in Kingsley.

He was born Feb. 28, 1898, at Kingsley. His marriage to Thelma Weaver took place Oct. 24, 1921, at Storm Lake. He had been a resident of Kingsley most of his life.

Mr. Higginbotham was a World War 1 veteran. He is survived by his wife; six children, Mrs. Vern Petersen of Galva, Kan., Mrs. Wayne Wenzel of Fairmont, MN., Mrs. Robert Badgerow of Le Mars, Arthur E. and James R. of Sioux City and Mrs. Paul Nitzsche of Le mars; 24 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Lucy Eppling of Kingsley and Mrs. Gunnard Carlson of Pierson; two brothers, James of North Hollywood, Calif., and Harlan of Kingsley.