Mary Biggers

1925 ~ 2015

Mary Biggers of Lethbridge, beloved wife of the late Boyd Biggers, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at the age of 90 years.

Mary was born to Clarence and Clara Kaupp in New Dayton on June 27, 1925. She was the third oldest of eleven children. She married Boyd Biggers from Warner on August 11, 1954 and celebrated 40 wonderful years of marriage with six children.

Mary took her teacher training at Calgary Normal School in 1944. Her teaching career began in January 1945 at Evergreen, a one-room school west of Red Deer. She also taught in Coaldale, Diamond City, New Dayton and Warner, retiring in 1986. Boyd and Mary moved from Warner to Lethbridge that same year.

After retirement you could always find Mary doing the daily crossword or reading a good book. Her lifelong love of learning took her on a cross ocean trip to Europe in 1950, cruising South America, Mediterranean, Caribbean, Alaska, Northern Europe and many bus trips in Canada and the USA. Her mind was forever sharp, however her body gave out on her.

Mary is survived by her children; Bettyann Cooper, Gail Hohn (Scott Newinger), Barry (Helga) Biggers, Valerie (Dean) Lumley, Shannon (Dave) Howe and Nancy Biggers, as well as 9 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. She is also survived by her siblings August (Anne) Kaupp, Mildred Shutty, Imma Fowler, Victor (Laverne) Kaupp, Lawrence (Dianna) Kaupp and numerous nieces and nephews.

Besides her loving husband Boyd who passed away in 1994, she was predeceased by her parents and her siblings Ruth Shaw, Anna Pittman, Clemence Kaupp, Rosemarie Erdos, and Edmund Kaupp.

Vigil Rites (Prayers) will be held at 6:00pm on Sunday, November 8, 2015 at MARTIN BROTHERS RIVERVIEW CHAPEL, 610 – 4th Street South, Lethbridge.

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:00am on Monday, November 9, 2015 at OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION CATHOLIC CHURCH, 2405 12 Ave South, Lethbridge, with Father Kevin Tumback officiating.

In lieu of flowers please make a memorial donation to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Alberta, Box 2211, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 4K7, or to the Canadian Cancer Society, 317-10th St. S. Lethbridge, AB, T1J 2M7.