Anna Riggs

Funeral Mass for Anna Marie Riggs, 103, Shawnee, will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Shawnee. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery.
Mrs. Riggs died Saturday, July 31, 2010, at her home.
She was born Jan. 7, 1907, in Brazil, Iowa, the daughter of Tony and Maria (Kuchan) Buban.
Mrs. Riggs grew up on a farm in Mystic, Iowa. She helped her parents and siblings with farm chores. She only attended school through the eighth grade due to her responsibilities on the farm. In her 20’s, Anna and several girlfriends moved to Chicago to work in a cafeteria. She returned to Mystic in the summer months to help her mother with the canning of vegetables.
After marriage, she and her husband moved to Windsor, Mo. She was a member of St. Bartholomew Catholic Church and was the President of the Altar Society. Anna loved flowers and loved to work in her beautiful garden. In 1984, the family moved to Shawnee, where she became a member of St. Joseph Church. She enjoyed playing bunco with the ladies of the church.
She took a cruise with friends and in 1991 she traveled abroad to Fuzine, Croatia, the birthplace of her parents. While in Europe, she also visited Venice, Italy, and Medjugorje.
In 1929, she married James Riggs in Centerville, Iowa. He died in 1988.
Survivors include her children; Dorothy (Glen) Tuck, Betty (Bert) Reed, Mary Barkley, Margaret (Lee) Hoehn and James (Katherine) Riggs; 13 grandchildren,16 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be 9:30-10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Aug 4, at the church.
Amos Family Funeral Home, Shawnee, is handling arrangements.
Online condolences can be left at amosfamily.com.