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- [S234] Staff, Daily Press, The, (Name: Daily Press, The; Location: St. Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States;), Rigard, Anton. 13APR1934.
DEATH CALLS WELL KNOWN ST. MARYS MAN
Anton Rigard, Sr., Native of Alsace-Loraine, Died At Home of Daughter This Morning. Funeral Will Be Held Monday.
Anton Rigard sr., who lacked but a few weeks of being 90 years old died at 8:45 this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John A. Zitzler, 377 Chestnut street, where the remains can be viewed.
The aged gentleman had been enjoying fairly good health until two weeks ago when he was taken ill and had since been confined to bed. His condition took a turn for the worse during the night and he passed away peacefully this morning.
Mr. Rigard was born May 24, 1844 in Alsace-Loraine, a territory that for years have been indispute between Germany and France. It was then in French possession as it is today.
He came to St. Marys with his brother 60 years ago last St. Patrick’s Day. For many years he lived in the Windfall Road section where he followed farming occupation. He gave up farming in 1914 and for considerable time thereafter eh and Mrs. Rigard made their home with the Zitztlers, before moving to George street where he was living when Mrs. Rigard died in 1932. Since then he again took up residence with his daughter.
The survivors are five sons, all of town, John, Anthony, Joseph, Michael and Louis, and one daughter, Crescentia, Mrs. John A. Zitzler.
A brother Alex Rigard, of Windfall Road, also survives.
Funeral Services will be held in St. Marys’ church Monday morning at nine o’clock. Burial will be made in St. Marys cemetery.
Through his long residence here Mr. Rigard came to be regard….
Daily Press, The: 13APR1934
HFA: 28AUG2023
- [S294] Elk County Gazette, Rigards, Mrs. Anthony (Mary Goetz). 7JAN1932.
DEATH CALLS GEORGE ST. WOMAN, 77
Funeral of Mrs. Anthony Rigard, Sr., Who Died Yesterday Afternoon, To Be Held Saturday Morning At St. Marys Church.
Mrs. Anthony Rigard, Sr., died at her home on George street yesterday afternoon at one-thirty o’clock.
Requiem mass for the repose of her soul will be said in St. Marys church Saturday morning at nine o’clock and interment will be made in the Catholic cemetery.
The funeral will be attended by members of the Rosary and Alter Societies.
Mrs. Rigard, nee Mary Goetz, was born at Benezette, Pa., August 2, 1954. She was married in 1874 to Anthony Rigard and following marriage made her home in Flower Valley, where she and Mrs. Rigard continue to live until moving to St. Marys about 17 years ago.
Mrs. Rigard was a woman who won and held the esteem of all in her acquaintance and her passing is marked with deep regret.
She is survived by her husband and the following children, all of St. Marys: John, Anthony, jr., Louis, Joseph, Michael and Crescentia, Mrs. John Zitzler; three brothers, Joseph Goetz, Goetz Summit; Michael Goetz, Johnsonburg and Frank Goetz, Flower Valley; two sisters, Mrs. Joseph Haney, Flower Valley and Mrs. George Decker, St. Marys, also by 26 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Elk County Gazette: 7JAN1932
HFA: 28AUG2023
- [S234] Staff, Daily Press, The, (Name: Daily Press, The; Location: St. Marys, Elk, Pennsylvania, United States;), Sterbank, Priscilla A (Rigard).
Priscilla A. “Teddy” Sterbank, 97, a resident of Pinecrest Manor and formerly of Cedar Road, Kersey, passed away Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at the Pinecrest Manor after a brief illness.
She was born November 20, 1915 in St. Marys, daughter of the late Joseph and Kathryn Stockman Rigard. She was a lifelong resident of the area and attended Sacred Heart School. She was a former employee of Sylvania in St. Marys.
On April 25, 1937 in the Sacred Heart Church, she married John J. Sterbank, who preceded her in death on April 29, 1992.
She is survived by two daughters, Carol Kuntz and her husband Edward H. of St. Marys and Catherine Wendel and her husband Richard A. of McKees Rocks; three sons, John D. Sterbank and his wife Veronica of Kersey, Daniel J. Sterbank and his wife Jane of Kersey and Joseph B. Sterbank and his wife Mary Pat of Syracuse, NY; 20 grandchildren; and 13 great grandchildren.
Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by three sisters, Evelyn Moriarity, Valerie Sulkowski and Eileen Wortman; and three brothers, her twin brother, Cletus Rigard, Gervase Rigard and Melvin Rigard. She was the last member of her immediate family.
Mrs. Sterbank was a member of the Queen of the World Church where she served as Eucharist Minister, a member of the CD of A and the Queen of the World Rosary Altar Society. She was an avid bowler, was always willing to help others and especially enjoyed being with her family.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in the Queen of the World Church on Saturday, March 2, 2013, at 10:00 AM with the Rev. Michael Ferrick, Pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in the St. Mary’s Cemetery.
Visitation is at the Lynch-Radkowski Funeral Home on Friday, March 1, 2013, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM.
Memorials, if desired, may be made to the Queen of the World Church, 134 Queens Road, St. Marys, PA 15857; Pinecrest Manor, 763 Johnsonburg Road, St. Marys, PA 15857; or to a favorite charity.
Daily Press, The: 28FEB2013
HFA: 25SEP2023
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