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Dorothy A. Weis Wiggs

26 Apr 1915 – 17 Sep 2009

Birth	26 Apr 1915
Death	17 Sep 2009
Cemetery	Memorial Park Cemetery Sioux City , Woodbury County , Iowa , USA
Added by	Kathy Harrison on 22 Nov 2020
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205669835

Bio

Dorothy A. Wiggs, 94, of Sioux City died Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, at a Sioux City hospital following a brief illness. Services will be 10 a.m. Monday at St. Boniface Catholic Church, with the Rev. Michael Erpelding officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 3 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., a Catholic Daughters of the Americas Rosary at 4 p.m., and a vigil service at 7 p.m., at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Dorothy was born April 26, 2915, in Struble, Iowa, the daughter of William and Helene (Hoerling) Weis. She attended school in Struble. Dorothy married Hamilton Wiggs on July 3, 1931, in Struble. The couple moved to Sioux City in 1941. He died on July 9, 1976, in Sioux City. Dorothy worked in the OB Department at St. Joseph Hospital for many years. Then in 1967, she returned to school to become an LPN. She continued to work at St. Joseph Hospital until retiring at the age of 62. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and Catholic Daughters of America. Dorothy enjoyed traveling to see her children and going to Las Vegas. Survivors include three sons, James Wiggs and his wife, Joanne of Sioux City, Arlen Wiggs and his wife, Patricia of Sioux City, and David Wiggs and his wife, Elvira of Plainview, Texas; two daughters, Nancy Phillips and her husband, Thomas of Georgetown, Colo., and St. Croix, Virgin Islands, and Mary Trometer and her husband, Gary of Liberal, Kan.; a daughter-In-law, Monica Wiggs of Sioux City; 29 grandchildren; 48 great-grandchildren; and 20 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a son, Charles; two brothers; and two sisters. Pallbearers will be Matthew Trometer, Mark, Jerome, Craig and Dean Wiggs, James and Jonathon Phillips. There will be several honorary pallbearers. Memorials in her name may be made to Hospice of Siouxland. The Sioux City Journal, September 20, 2009

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Family

Parents

• Helena Catherine "Lena" Haerling Weis 1879–1946 FaG
• William S Weis 1881–1925 FaG

Spouse

• Hamilton Alvin Wiggs 1907–1976

Siblings

• Lena L. Kaiser 1901–1901 FaG
• Kenneth Peter Kaiser 1904–1959 FaG
• Gladys Jeanette Weis Bram 1905–1972 FaG
• Harry Hughes 1910–1979 FaG
• Vivian Francesca Weis Eulberg Gunderson 1912–1990 FaG
• Helen M. Weis Lewis 1917–2000 FaG

Children

• James Louis "Jim" Wiggs 1932–2017
• Charles W. Wiggs 1934–1983
• Arlen Jerome Wiggs 1936–2018

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