Laverne Briggs

April 23, 1948 - December 24, 2011

Laverne Emory Briggs, age 63 of Clarinda, died Saturday evening December 24, 2011, at Clarinda Regional Health Center. He had been a resident of Westridge Care Center since 2006. He was born April 23, 1948, in Montgomery County, Villisca, Iowa, the son of Emory E. and Frieda (Ziehe) Briggs. Laverne attended Villisca and Corning Schools and had been a laborer and over the road trucker. Laverne served in the United States Navy and Corning National Guard. He loved to hunt and fish.

Laverne was survived by four sisters Alice Bates and husband Warren of Clarinda; and Elaine Tuttle and husband Bob Quinter, Kansas; Ruth Siefert and husband Dick of Lead Hill, Arkansas; and Reva Oaks and husband Jim of Zearing, Iowa.

Preceding Laverne in death were his parents Emory and Frieda Briggs.

Graveside memorial services were held Wednesday, December 28, 2011, at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Guss, Iowa, at 2:00 PM. Arrangements were entrusted to the Ritchie Funeral Home of Clarinda. Memorials may be given in Laverne's name.

May God grant comfort and strength to those who mourn Laverne's passing.

This obituary was published on the website of Ritchie Funeral Home of Clarinda.