Levi Lore Riggin, M.D., prominent Pasadena physician, died suddenly of a heart attack on Jan 19, 1941 at Fisherman's Cove, near the Isthmus on Catalina Island. Dr. Riggin had gone with R.B. Ahlswede, Flintridge, on Mr. Ahlswede's sailboat to the island for a weekend of fishing and photographing. Dr. Riggin was an ardent amateur photographer.
Dr. Riggin was born, raised, and educated in South Jersey. He was a graduate of the South Jersey Institute at Bridgeton where he made quite a name for himself playing football. After leaving Bridgeton he graduated from Bucknell College and from the University of Pennsylvania, serving his internship at Jefferson Hospital. At the time of the San Francisco earthquake he was practicing in San Francisco and Oakland and became widely known for his civic work among the afflicted at that time. He enlisted in the Army Medical Corps and served overseas. He retired with the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
Dr. Riggin was a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a member of the Los Angeles County Medical Association, the Scottish Rite, the Shrine, the University Club, and the American Legion.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eva Louisa Mickel Riggin, a sister, Mrs. Ada Newcomb of New Jersey, and one brother in the east, Captain Charles Riggin, of Port Norris, NJ, who is now sojourning in Florida. Dr. Riggin was planning to join his brother in the southern state when stricken ill. He was also the brother of the late Walter Riggin, and a brother of Edward Riggin, who died in Florida just about a year ago having been attended by his doctor brother during his last illness.
In his will, Dr. Riggin directed that the slate should be wiped clean for any who owed him money on medical services, cancelling their debts. After providing generously for Mrs. Riggin's future and for his relatives, Dr. Riggin gave property he owns in Pasadena, South Pasadena, and Alhambra to the Huntington Hospital. Property in Monterey County was given to the Shrine Children's Hospital in San Francisco. To Bucknell University went $1000.
To friends he made many gifts. Dr. Robert Cunningham of Pasadena is given Dr. Riggin's office equipment. His fishing equipment was left to I. Blair Evans, Pasadena. His office nurse, Frances A. Lavender gets $1000 and valuable field glasses and cameras. To a friend in Arizona and another in Avalon go rifles, revolvers, and shotguns. Another was given Dr. Riggin's portfolio recounting his automobile trips and his collection of photographs. The Goodwill Industries received articles of clothing.
Dr. Riggin was named after one of the early settlers in Port Norris by the name of Levi Lore. No funeral was held.
Levi Lore Riggin, M.D., prominent Pasadena physician, died suddenly of a heart attack on Jan 19, 1941 at Fisherman's Cove, near the Isthmus on Catalina Island. Dr. Riggin had gone with R.B. Ahlswede, Flintridge, on Mr. Ahlswede's sailboat to the island for a weekend of fishing and photographing. Dr. Riggin was an ardent amateur photographer.
Dr. Riggin was born, raised, and educated in South Jersey. He was a graduate of the South Jersey Institute at Bridgeton where he made quite a name for himself playing football. After leaving Bridgeton he graduated from Bucknell College and from the University of Pennsylvania, serving his internship at Jefferson Hospital. At the time of the San Francisco earthquake he was practicing in San Francisco and Oakland and became widely known for his civic work among the afflicted at that time. He enlisted in the Army Medical Corps and served overseas. He retired with the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
Dr. Riggin was a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a member of the Los Angeles County Medical Association, the Scottish Rite, the Shrine, the University Club, and the American Legion.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eva Louisa Mickel Riggin, a sister, Mrs. Ada Newcomb of New Jersey, and one brother in the east, Captain Charles Riggin, of Port Norris, NJ, who is now sojourning in Florida. Dr. Riggin was planning to join his brother in the southern state when stricken ill. He was also the brother of the late Walter Riggin, and a brother of Edward Riggin, who died in Florida just about a year ago having been attended by his doctor brother during his last illness.
In his will, Dr. Riggin directed that the slate should be wiped clean for any who owed him money on medical services, cancelling their debts. After providing generously for Mrs. Riggin's future and for his relatives, Dr. Riggin gave property he owns in Pasadena, South Pasadena, and Alhambra to the Huntington Hospital. Property in Monterey County was given to the Shrine Children's Hospital in San Francisco. To Bucknell University went $1000.
To friends he made many gifts. Dr. Robert Cunningham of Pasadena is given Dr. Riggin's office equipment. His fishing equipment was left to I. Blair Evans, Pasadena. His office nurse, Frances A. Lavender gets $1000 and valuable field glasses and cameras. To a friend in Arizona and another in Avalon go rifles, revolvers, and shotguns. Another was given Dr. Riggin's portfolio recounting his automobile trips and his collection of photographs. The Goodwill Industries received articles of clothing.
Dr. Riggin was named after one of the early settlers in Port Norris by the name of Levi Lore. No funeral was held.
Gravesite Details
Logged in Mountain View Cemetery in Pasadena database as Cases with no Disposition logged REM FD22155. Most likely buried with Riggin family at Overlook Cemetery.
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