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St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Maumee, Ohio

LOUIS and Maxine BIGLEY, 1986
20th Century Publications

LOUIS W. H. BIGLEY

Utility Worker of America
Columbia Gas Company

Louis William H. Bigley was born on August 13, 1924 in Maumee, Ohio to Laura Amelia and Charles Harrison Bigley. His siblings are Wallace Sherwood Bigley, Chloris Lenore Grau, Homer Elton Bigley, Raymond Arthur Bigley, Paul H. Bigley, Phyllis I. Waggoner, and Charles Bigley, Junior.

He enlisted in the U.S. Army on April 24, 1943. During World War II he served in 274th Armored Battalion.

Louis married Maxine around 1975. His children are Cheryl Christy, Dyane Gaylord, and Keith Bigley. His stepchildren are Jeff Beery, Timothy Beery, Debbie Braun, and Connie Murray.

He worked at the Columbia Gas Company for 38 years retiring in December, 1986. He was a member of Utility Workers of America Local 349.

Louis was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Maumee, Ohio.

He was a golfer and bowler. He was a fan of Ohio State and University of Toledo football.

Louis died at Glanzman Nursing Home on September 25, 2000 in Toledo, Ohio.

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Bigley's of Toledo's St. Paul's Episcopal Churches in the 1900's
* Member of St. Paul's, Maumee
** Member of St. Paul's, Oregon

Father - Charles Harrison Bigley
(11/3/1888 - 9/25/1972)
-In 1940, 51 years old in Toledo, Ohio
-Born in Wood County, Ohio.
-Died in Fostoria, Seneca, Ohio.

Mother - Laura Amelia (Peeps) Bigley
(4/4/1889 - 9/22/1962)
-In 1940, 51 years old in Toledo, Ohio
-Born in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan.
-Died in Toledo, Ohio.

Wallace and Helen Bigley, 1986
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Son - Wallace Sherwood Bigley *
(8/19/1915 - 1990)
-In 1940, 24 years old in Toledo, Ohio
Wallace's wife - Helen (Cronk) Bigley *
(1916 - )
-In 1940, 23 years old in Toledo, Ohio
Wallace's son Glenn Bigley
(1940 - )
-In 1940, 0 years old in Toledo, Ohio

Daughter - Chloris Lenore (Bigley) Grau *
(11/16/1916 - 8/12/1987)
-Died in Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio
Cloris's husband - Alvin Parsons Grau *
(7/19/1907 - 11/6/1986)
-Born in Ohio.
-Died in Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio.

Son - Homer Elton Bigley
(8/22/1919 - 6/22/1990 )
-In 1940, 20 years old in Toledo, Ohio
-Born in Ohio.
-Died in San Francisco, California.
Homer's wife Dorothy Mae (Fuqua) Bigley
(5/29/1928 - 10/15/1990)
-Born in San Joaquin County, California.
-Died in Butte County, California.

US Navy

Son - Raymond Arthur Bigley
(2/17/1922 - 5/27/1945)
-In 1940, 17 years old in Toledo, Ohio
-Ships Serviceman Second Class Raymond Arthur Bigley, serial number 8749667, was killed along with 66 other shipmates on May 27, 1945 when his ship, the Fletcher-class destroyer, USS Braine (DD-630) was severely damaged by two Japanese Kamikaze suicide planes. The USS Braine was serving as an early warning radar picket and support ship about forty miles out from the main force as part of task Force 51 for the invasion of Okinawa.
Raymond's wife Norma Mae Bigley
-In 1946, lived on Nebraska Ave., Toledo, Ohio

Son - Paul H. Bigley **
(6/21/1923 - 2/25/2007)
-In 1940, 16 years old in Toledo, Ohio
-Born in Toledo, Ohio.
-Died in Waterville, Ohio.
Paul's wife Lucille [Sue] (Siewert) Bigley **
( - 10/2004)

LOUIS and Maxine BIGLEY, 1986
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Son - Louis William H. Bigley *
(8/13/1924 - 9/25/2000)
-In 1940, 15 years old in Toledo, Ohio
-U.S.Army enlistment on April 24, 1943

Daughter - Phyllis I. (Bigley) Waggoner **
(3/7/1926 - 10/16/2016)
-In 1940, 14 years old in Toledo, Ohio
-Born in Perrysburg, Ohio.
-Died in Genoa, Ohio.
Phyllis' husband - Darrell E. Waggoner **
(10/26/1924 - 6/25/1993)

Charles and Yvonne Bigley, 1986
20th Century Publications

Son - Charles Bigley, Junior *
(10/3/1927 - 8/14/2018)
-In 1940, 12 years old in Toledo, Ohio
-Died in Toledo, Ohio.
-Remembered at St. Paul's on Sundays:
- 8/14/2022, 8/13/2023, 8/4/2024.
Charles' wife Yvonne I. (Barrett) Bigley *
(12/4/1928 - 11/2/2018)
-Married on 8/12/1950 at Trinity Episcopal Church, Toledo, Ohio.
-Died in Toledo, Ohio.