Edward Martin Garrigan Jr.

Garrigan, Edward Martin, Jr. 89, of Desloge, Missouri, passed away on April 25, 2006, at his home. He was born July 24, 1916 in St. Louis, Missouri, son of the late Edward Martin Garrigan , Sr. and Alice E. (McFarland) Garrigan of St. Louis. Predeceasing Mr. Garrigan was his wife of 64 years, Ruth Ann (Coleman) Garrigan, and a sister Dorothy Jane Rogers.
He was a member of the Memorial Boulevard Christian Church in St. Louis where he served as a deacon and elder, and is presently a member of the First Baptist Church of Desloge.
Surviving family members are his son, Edward Martin Garrigan III and wife, Sharon of Desloge, Missouri; brothers Thomas Arthur Garrigan and wife, Carol of Florissant; James Francis Garrigan and wife Ann of St. Peters; one sister, Alice Elizabeth Taszarek of Florissant; twin grandsons Eddie Martin Garrigan IV and wife Trisha of Richwoods, Missouri and Eric Edward Martin Garrigan and wife Amy of Caledonia Michigan; a grandson, Kenneth L. Barnett of Aurora Colorado; a granddaughter Rebecca S. Barnett of Park Hills, Missouri; three great-grandsons Cary Grant and Gregory Peck Garrigan of Caledonia, Michigan, and Kyle Raymond Gibson of Richwoods; nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.Services: A private visitation will be held for family and friends at the Nass & Son Funeral Home, Huntingburg, Indiana. Graveside rites will follow the visitation with the Reverend Jeff Crowe officiating. Interment will be in the Cup Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Velpen, Indiana. Memorials may be given to the First Baptist Church Building Fund, 411 N. Harding, Desloge, MO 63601 and/or Hospice Care, Inc., P.O. Box 1000, Park Hills, MO 63601. No local visitation or services will be held. Local arrangements by C.Z. Boyer & Son Funeral Home in Desloge, MO.