Mary Reyna Briggs

July 20, 2015

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Mary Reyna Briggs
Des Moines

Mary Reyna Briggs passed away Monday, July 20, 2015, nine days before her 104th birthday. She was born July 29, 1911 in Thurber, Texas, to Charlie Reyna and Andrea Reyna Aranda.

Funeral service will be 1:00 p.m. Thursday, July 23, 2015 at Hamilton’s Funeral Home, 605 Lyon Street, Des Moines. Interment will follow at Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, John P. Briggs; step-son, Don Briggs; step-daughter, Virginia Peterson; son-in-law, Charles Dickey; brothers, Manuel, Belin, and Armand; and sisters, Helen, Rosie, and Alice.

She is survived by her son, Ron Briggs (wife, Laura Brooks) of Maryland; step-daughter, Dorothy Dickey of Des Moines; step-daughter, Helen Wilson of California; daughter-in-law, Carol Briggs of Des Moines; nephew, Felix Medina, Jr. (wife, Carolyn) of Colorado; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Memorial contributions may be directed to Luther Park Apartments in appreciation of their care of Mary in her many years of residency there.

Condolences may be expressed at:
www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com

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