Obit: Briggs, James Keith #3 (1897 - 1974)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Briggs, Fox, Dziuk, Flick, Laffe, Phillips, Stallard, Collins, Kruczek, Noble

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 9/19/1974

Briggs, James Keith (7 January 1897 – 10 September 1974)

Funeral services were held Friday afternoon from the Georgas Funeral Home for James Keith Briggs, 77, of Humbird, who died September 10 in Neillsville. The Rev. William Noble of the United Methodist Church officiated, and burial followed in the Town of Mentor Cemetery, where military rites were conducted by Melchor-Matti Post No. 320, American Legion.

Pallbearers were: Albert Flick, Henry Laffe, John Phillips, Alton Stallard, Henry Collins, and Ignacz Kruczek.

Relatives from out-of-town who attended the services were Mrs. Florence Briggs, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Briggs and family, Mrs. Keith Fox and Ken, and Mrs. Florian Dziuk and family.

Others attending came from Humbird, Fairchild, and Eau Claire. Men from the Northern States Power Company attended the services in a body.