Greene County PA Archives Obituaries.....Riggs, Ronald D.  November 19, 1998
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Observer Publishing Co., Nov. 21, 1998
Korean War veteran was V-Bat Plastic Foreman
Ronald D. "Buck" Riggs, 67, of Star Route, Holbrook (Nettle Hill) died 
unexpectedly at 9:30 p.m. Thursday November 19, 1998, in his home.
  
He was born October 14, 1931, in Springhill township, a son of Leslie Clarence 
and Mabel Ruby DeGarmo Riggs, and had been a resident of Greene County most of 
his life.

Mr. Riggs was a former member of Mt. Carmel Church of God and James Farrell 
American Legion Post 330 of Waynesburg and a life member of Diabled Veterans 
Post 123 of Waynesburg.

He was a veteran of the Korean War, serving as a private with the U.S. Marine 
Corps in the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine, 1st Marine Division.

Mrs. Riggs was a former foreman at V-Bat Plastic in Washington and a former 
employee of Washington Mold Co.  He had also worked as an auto mechanic and 
for several years prior to his retirement in 1993 was a self-employed 
carpenter.

For the past 16 years, he shared a home with Betty Lou Gaines Moore.

Surviving are three sons, Michael Claude of Claysville and Ricky and Leslie 
Riggs of Fort Knox, Ky.; three daughters, Ruby Rooker of Grand Rapids, Mich., 
Rhonda Knapp of Fort Know and Stacey Kennedy of Bentleyville; two brothers, 
Robert Riggs of Tampa, Fla., and Harold Riggs of Washington; five sisters, 
Phyllis Morgan, Lois Barker and Marlene Kaske, all of Seattle, Wash., Donna 
Moore of Sanford, Fla., and Catherine Staggers of Prosperity; four 
stepchildren, Roger L. Moore at home, Ronald L. Moore of Westover, W.Va., 
Rosalee Moore of Rogersville and Dixie Berdine of LaCrosse, Wisc.; several 
grandchildren; and one step-granddaughter.

Deceased are two sons, Ronald E. and Robert L. Riggs; a daughter, Kimberly 
Riggs; a brother Charles Eugene Riggs; and a sister Hazel Mellor.

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