Lt. Col. USAF (Ret.)John C. Priggins
John C. Priggins, 83, retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and Veteran of two wars who became an Investigative Officer with the Washington, D. C., Corrections Department, died of lung cancer on Thursday, June 12, 2003 in Hospice of Northern Virginia. Col. Priggins, who lived in Washington, D.C., was a native of Edenborn, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
He entered the Army in 1937 and received a commission in the Army Air Forces in 1942. He served in Europe during World War II and in Korea during the conflict there.
He was Squadron Executive Officer in the Eighth Air Force. Other assignments included a tour with the Air Force’s Office of Training and Personnel Procurement at the Pentagon.
He retired from active military duty in the late 1950s and worked about six years for the Corrections Department.
His wife, June Rudolph Priggins, died in 1985, his son, Lawrence Priggins, died in 1994, and his daughter, Deborah Priggins, died in 1975. Also deceased are a brother, Michael Priggins, and sisters, Mary Priggins Wodiska and Emma Priggins.
He leaves no immediate survivors. He is survived by a brother-in-law, Martin, and sister-in-law, Ann Hiza; brother-in-law, Arthur Wodiska; one niece, seven nephews, four grandnieces and five grandnephews.
Relatives and Friends may call at the COLLINS FUNERAL HOME, A Family Owned Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard West, Silver Spring, Maryland, on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
Mass of Christian Burial at Fort Myer Chapel, Fort Myer, Arlington, Virginia, on Thursday, July 17, at 8:45 a.m.
Interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery.