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Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. Peasley
Funeral Home in Lincoln is in charge of
arrangements.
A lifelong farmer, Mr. Higgins also worked as a
statistician in Washington, D.C., managed the ASCS
office in Lincoln, and was a plumber and
steamfitter.
He served in the Army Air Corps during World War
II and was stationed in Guam in the Pacific.
Ed was born on March 27, 1916, in Lincoln to
William J. and Louise McGough Higgins. He married
Virginia "Gini" Webster in Lincoln on April 6, 1953.
He is survived by his wife; one son, Michael
Higgins (and fiancée Caroline Edwards) of Lincoln;
one sister, Dorothy Reinhart of Lincoln; and his
extended family of nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his twin brother,
Edwin Higgins, and two sisters, Mary Buss and Ursula
Harder.
He was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church,
Knights of Columbus Council 1250 and 4th Degree
Assembly 226, where he served as grand knight, and a
member of Lincoln Elks Lodge 914.
He graduated from Lincoln High School in 1934.
Memorials may be made to Holy Family Food Pantry,
Carroll Catholic School, Knights of Columbus Newman
Fund, Elks Crippled Children's Fund or Operation
Phone Card to "Help Our Troops Call Home."
Click here to send a note of condolence to the
Higgins family.
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