Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the First
United Methodist Church in Lincoln, with the Rev.
Julie Azbell officiating. Visitation will be at the
church one hour prior to the service. Burial will
be in Zion Cemetery.
Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home in Atlanta is in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Wiggers worked for the state as an inspector
of nursing homes throughout Illinois. She lived in
Lincoln until 1999, when she moved to Gulf Breeze,
Fla., to live with her daughter.
She was born May 1, 1916, in Franklin to John and
Clara Stice Votsmier. She married Melvin B. Wiggers
on Dec. 31, 1936 in Rockville, Ind. He preceded her
in death.
She is survived by one daughter, Sheryl Johnson
of Gulf Breeze, Fla.; two granddaughters, Jo Dee
Johnson of Gulf Breeze, Fla., and Traci Poston of
Mary Esther, Fla.; one grandson, Chad H. Sheley of
Mount Prospect; and one great-grandson, Blake Sheley.
She was also preceded in death by one daughter,
Melody Sheley.
She was a member of the First United Methodist
Church and the Deaconess Alumni Association.
She graduated from Franklin High School and from
Deaconess School of Nursing in Lincoln.
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