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Nila Cristine <I>Jennings</I> Riggs

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Nila Cristine Jennings Riggs

Birth
Death
26 Jan 1988 (aged 64)
Burial
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec 25, lot 19
Memorial ID
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Services for Nila (Jennings) Riggs, 64, were held Thursday with Rev. Robert A. Butziger of San Andrews Presbyterian Church officiating.

Riggs, who died Tuesday, after an extended illness, was born April 18, 1923.

She was reared in the Fox area and married Paul Gandy who preceded her in death in November, 1953. On July 15, 1956, she married George Riggs in Duncan. They had lived in Ardmore before moving to Denton and then to Albuquerque.

Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Jennings and a brother, Harold Jennings, also preceded her in death.

Survivors include her husband, George, of the home; two daughters, Jema Mendelsberg, Albuquerque, and Paul Powers, Astoria, N.Y.; one son, Mark Riggs, Dallas; one brother, Marvin Jennings, Ardmore; two sisters, Ruby Skaggs, Salem, Ill., and Margrie Lackey, Ratliff City, OK; and three granddaughters.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.



Siblings:
Harold Rutledge Jennings 1915-1977
Ruby Helen Jennings Skaggs 1917-1996
Joseph Marvin Jennings 1921-1996
Margrie Estella Jennings Lackey 1921-2014

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Services for Nila (Jennings) Riggs, 64, were held Thursday with Rev. Robert A. Butziger of San Andrews Presbyterian Church officiating.

Riggs, who died Tuesday, after an extended illness, was born April 18, 1923.

She was reared in the Fox area and married Paul Gandy who preceded her in death in November, 1953. On July 15, 1956, she married George Riggs in Duncan. They had lived in Ardmore before moving to Denton and then to Albuquerque.

Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Jennings and a brother, Harold Jennings, also preceded her in death.

Survivors include her husband, George, of the home; two daughters, Jema Mendelsberg, Albuquerque, and Paul Powers, Astoria, N.Y.; one son, Mark Riggs, Dallas; one brother, Marvin Jennings, Ardmore; two sisters, Ruby Skaggs, Salem, Ill., and Margrie Lackey, Ratliff City, OK; and three granddaughters.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.



Siblings:
Harold Rutledge Jennings 1915-1977
Ruby Helen Jennings Skaggs 1917-1996
Joseph Marvin Jennings 1921-1996
Margrie Estella Jennings Lackey 1921-2014



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  • Maintained by: Lackey
  • Originally Created by: ProgBase
  • Added: Jan 11, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64054299/nila_cristine-riggs: accessed ), memorial page for Nila Cristine Jennings Riggs (18 Apr 1923–26 Jan 1988), Find a Grave Memorial ID 64054299, citing Sunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA; Maintained by Lackey (contributor 47528375).