KENNETH "JOE" WIGGINS

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From Duane Cronn:  (Duane sent this a couple of weeks ago and I am just finding it.  Sorry!)

"Onnalee I am sending you the obituary for Joe Wiggins who died the first part of May. I didn’t see anything in the local papers about his death. I had an individual call me today, and she was at the Paradise Cemetery, and saw his grave. She was a friend of Joe’s and didn’t know he passed away. I don’t know if you knew Joe or not but he was a school administrator in Paradise years ago, and then left the area. He moved back to Paradise a few years ago, and lived here for a period of time. His wife Betty started having health problems and they wanted to move near health facilities in Salina, Kansas. They moved to Bennington, Kansas and she passed away a couple of years ago, and he started having serious health problems. He ended up in a nursing home before he died. Joe and Betty were great people.

Duane Cronn"



Kenneth Joe Wiggins        Salina Journal.
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BENNINGTON -- Kenneth Joe Wiggins, 74, of Bennington, died Monday, May 2, 2011, at Village Manor, Abilene. Joe was born Dec. 27, 1936, in Ringwood, Okla., to Ira and Pearl (Sears) Wiggins.
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He was a veteran of the United States Navy. Joe held a master's degree in administration, and before his retirement, he was principal at Solomon Grade School. He was a member of United Church of Bennington.
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He was preceded in death by his wife, Betty Jo, on Nov. 7, 2007. Joe was also preceded in death by his stepdaughter, Judy Dufurrena.Survivors include his sons, Michael and Marty Wiggins; stepchildren, Bill McCoy, Glenda Smith and Jane Godshall; siblings, Dean, Harley, Robert, Don and Ramona; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
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Funeral service was Friday at United Church of Bennington, with the Rev. Warren Cico officiating. Burial was in Mount Hermon Cemetery, Paradise.  Memorials may be made to the church.

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