GREENSBORO, NC – Edward Roy Higgins, PhD, 74, passed away August 12, 2015, with his family by his side. His memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm, Saturday, October 31,2015 at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church and the family will gather with friends following the service in the Haywood Duke room.
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Edward R. Higgins |
A native of Caribou, Maine, Ed graduated in the class of 1959 at Caribou High School. In 1963, he received a BS degree in Agronomy at the University of Maine and was a member of the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity. He attended Pennsylvania State University, where he received a MS degree in Agricultural Science and a PhD degree in Physical Chemistry.
Ed joined the Agricultural Chemicals Division, Geigy Chemical Corporation in 1970 as an R&D Field Research Representative in the Northeast Region. He moved to the Company Headquarters located in Greensboro, NC, in 1987 and joined the department of Technical Sales Service and later became Director of the group. He retired from the company in 2001 and continued to work as consultant for several years. Ed enjoyed landscaping, carpentering, traveling, boating, participating in community programs, University of Maine and Penn State sports and spending time with the people he loved.
Preceding him in death were his mother, Ruth Libby Higgins and father, Clyde Elwin Higgins.
Ed is survived by his wife, Janet L. Dinsmore; daughter, Kari Higgins Rowley and son-in- law, Robert G. Rowley and grandchildren, Sydney M. Rowley, Alec R. Rowley, Thomas H. Rowley, all from Seneca Falls, NY; son, Kevin E. Higgins, and daughter-in- law, LaLannie M. Ovenshire, and grandchildren, Brandyn T. Higgins, Bethany M. Ovenshire, all from Waterloo, NY; sister, Barbara Walker and brother-in-law, James V. Walker, from Eugene, OR; nephews, James H. Walker from Austin, TX, Kent E. Walker from Portland, Oregon; sister-in-law, Diane Allen, brother-in-law, Don Allen from Madison, CT; and niece, Christina (Tina) Allen, Brooklyn, NY.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Bicentennial Gardens, Edward R. Higgins Memorial Fund, 1001 Fourth St, Greensboro, NC 27407; or to the Greensboro Civitan Club, c/o Dr. Albert Lochra, 300 Miltwood Dr., Greensboro, NC 27455. Online condolences may be made through www.hanes lineberryfuneralhomes.com.
