Individual Details

Lillian Mae Briggs

(17 Apr 1893 - 9 Sep 1984)

Fort Scott Tribune, Fort Scott, Kansas, September 11, 1984, Page 2, Col. 2: Services for Lillian Mae Darling, 91, 748 S. Holbrook, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Kanantz Funeral home, conducted by the Rev. Peter A. Vial. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Mrs. Darling died Monday at Mercy Hospital. She was a lifelong resident of Fort Scott, and was born April 17, 1893, the daughter of Isaac Newton and Emma C. Van Benthusen Briggs. She married Marvin darling, Dec. 29, 1912, at Fort Scott. He died Feb. 22, 1968. Mrs. Darling was a member of the Presbyterian Church and Fidelis Deo Shrine No. 6 of White Shrine of Jerusalem. Survivors include one son, Robert Z. Darling of Ponca City, Okla.; one sister, Mrs. Ethel Ferguson of Little Rock, Ark.; and three grandchildren.

Events

Birth17 Apr 1893Devon, Bourbon Co., Kansas
Marriage29 Dec 1912Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., Kansas - Marvin Darling
Death9 Sep 1984Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., Kansas
BurialEvergreen Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., Kansas

Families

SpouseMarvin Darling (1893 - 1968)
ChildRobert Z. Darling (1921 - 1984)
FatherIsaac Newton Briggs (1860 - 1957)
MotherEmma Clementine VanBenthusen (1864 - 1952)
SiblingEverett Okron Briggs (1885 - 1967)
SiblingJesse Cecil Briggs (1886 - 1975)
SiblingVirgil Newton Briggs (1890 - 1967)
SiblingEthel Lucille Briggs (1898 - 1989)
SiblingJames Philip Briggs (1900 - 1982)

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