St. Clair County Obits

MRS. G.V. (Orpha) HIGGINS

Appleton City Journal
11 January 1962
Death In California of Mrs. G.V. Higgins - News came to Appleton City Monday of the death of Mrs. G.V. Higgins, longtime resident of Appleton City, now of California.
Mrs. Claud Dean of Deepwater, sister of Mr. Higgins, received the word Friday, January 5, that Mrs. Higgins had passed away that day at a hospital in San Bernardino, Calif., where she and Mr. Higgins had been living for a while. She suffered a second stroke on December 31st.
Besides her husband, she leaves a daughter, Mrs. Dark (Geneva) Shipley of Anderson, Mo., who is ill at the hospital in Stella, Mo. One son, Leo, of Yucca Valley, Calif.; also three other daughters, two reside in San Bernardino and one in the state of Washington.
Mrs. Higgins is also survived by four brothers: Sine and Man Hooper, Butler, Mo.; Alva Hooper, Kansas City, and Jesse Hooper, who has been in the hospital at Osceola for two years.
Mr. Higgins is reported to be in very poor health. Mr. and Mrs. Higgins left Appleton City about two years ago, going to California for their health. They spent most of their married life in and near Appleton City and were valued members of the First Baptist Church.
At the time the news was received here, there was no date set for the funeral services for Mrs. Higgins as no burials are permitted in the state of California on Sunday.