DATELINE: Lyons, Kansas
NAME: Eulalia “Lala” Higgins
AGE: 98 yrs
DATE OF DEATH: January 14, 2017
PLACE OF DEATH: Good Samaritan Center, Lyons
DATE OF BIRTH: May 30, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH: McAllen, Texas
PARENTS: Marin & Celsa Garza
RESIDENCE: longtime Lyons resident
OCCUPATION: Homemaker
MEMBERSHIPS: St. Paul Catholic Church, Altar Society, Lyons
She married Cyrus Eugene Powell November 28, 1951 at St. John, he died on May 28, 1957. She married Jesse W. Higgins Sr. August 8, 1964 at Hutchinson, he died on April 16, 2000.
SURVIVORS: son, Paul E. Powell, Newton, Ks.; step-sons, Jesse & Kay Higgins, Lyons, Donny & Sharon Higgins, LaVista, NE.; step-daughters, Joyce & Jim Sheridan, Waco, TX., Shirley & Carl Chitwood, Phoenix, AZ.; 17 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: son, David A. Powell; step-son, Bobby Joe Higgins; brothers, Esteban, Abundio, Rolando Garza; sisters, Lydia Guerra, Celsa Figger, Victoria Prado, Alicia Daigle, Micaela Babineaux
FUNERAL MASS: 10:00 A.M., Friday, January 20, 2017 at St. Paul Catholic Church, Lyons
OFFICIATING: Father Robert Spencer
BURIAL: Lyons Municipal Cemetery, Lyons
VISITATION: 2:00 to 8:00 P.M., Thursday, January 19, 2017 at Birzer Funeral Home, Lyons with family present 6:00 to 8:00 P.M., Parish Rosary at 7:00 P.M.
MEMORIAL: Altar Society in care of the funeral home.
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