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Jack Kiger

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Jack Kiger Veteran

Birth
Death
6 Dec 2007 (aged 81)
Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Khedive, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Jack H. Kiger, 81, of Washington, PA died December 6, 2007 in his residence. He was born April 22, 1926 in Waynesburg, PA a son of H. Holland Kiger and Edith Phillips Kiger.

During WWII, he served in the Army Air Forces, 20th Bombardment Squadron, as an aerial gunner. He participated in campaigns in Northern Apennines, Central Europe, Po Valley and Rhineland. for his services he earned an Air Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal and a WWII Victory Medal. He was honorably discharged March 9, 1946, with a rank of Sergeant.

Mr. Kiger was a horseman, driver, trainer, and self employed farrier. He once worked for Delvin Miller and Bob McCarrell.

He was a member of the Meadowlands UM Church and NRA.

On November 29, 1947 he married Alberta "Bertie" Reynolds, who died June 23, 2000.

Jack Kiger has a surviving son, Richard R, (Ellie) Kiger of Ruff Creek. Also surviving is a sister, Betty White of Ruff Creek. Deceased in addition to his parents is a brother Richard T. Kiger and a sister Janice Kiger Berdine.

—Washington Observer, December 7, 2000.

(Obituary provided by Sheila Black, Contributor # 47197088.)
Jack H. Kiger, 81, of Washington, PA died December 6, 2007 in his residence. He was born April 22, 1926 in Waynesburg, PA a son of H. Holland Kiger and Edith Phillips Kiger.

During WWII, he served in the Army Air Forces, 20th Bombardment Squadron, as an aerial gunner. He participated in campaigns in Northern Apennines, Central Europe, Po Valley and Rhineland. for his services he earned an Air Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Service Medal and a WWII Victory Medal. He was honorably discharged March 9, 1946, with a rank of Sergeant.

Mr. Kiger was a horseman, driver, trainer, and self employed farrier. He once worked for Delvin Miller and Bob McCarrell.

He was a member of the Meadowlands UM Church and NRA.

On November 29, 1947 he married Alberta "Bertie" Reynolds, who died June 23, 2000.

Jack Kiger has a surviving son, Richard R, (Ellie) Kiger of Ruff Creek. Also surviving is a sister, Betty White of Ruff Creek. Deceased in addition to his parents is a brother Richard T. Kiger and a sister Janice Kiger Berdine.

—Washington Observer, December 7, 2000.

(Obituary provided by Sheila Black, Contributor # 47197088.)


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  • Added: Nov 11, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100531237/jack-kiger: accessed ), memorial page for Jack Kiger (22 Apr 1926–6 Dec 2007), Find a Grave Memorial ID 100531237, citing Muddy Creek Presbyterian Cemetery, Khedive, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 46960440).