Elias Forsythe Riggs
Cincinnati Times Star, September 2, 1941, page 24
Veteran Printer Taken by Death
Elias Forsythe Riggs, 81, veteran printer, died at his home, 606 Monroe Street,
Newport, Ky., Monday.
His health had been failing for several months.
Riggs for years served on the old Gazette and the Commercial Tribune. Prior to
his retirement, about
a year ago, he was employed by the Roessler Brothers Co., stationers. He was a
member of Typographical Union No. 3 and Robert Burns Lodge F. and A.M. For the
past 25 years he was an elder in the First Presbyterian Church, Newport.
The widow, Mrs. Adelaide Surran Riggs, and three sons, Charles A. Riggs, Ft.
Thomas, Ky.; Merle Riggs, Indian Hill, and E. Stewart Riggs, Cleveland, O.,
survive.
Funeral services are to be held at the Charles A. Smith Sons, funeral
directors, Newport, and at
the First Presbyterian Church, Newport, Thursday at 2 p.m. Interment will be in
Evergreen Cemetery.