Mary Grace (Biggs) Risser 

Feb 9, 1916 - Jan 8, 1963

Mary Grace Risser, 47, of 502 W. Royal Palm Rd., died at 1 a.m. today in her home Phoenix, Ariz., of a heart ailment.

Mrs. Risser was born Feb. 9, 1916, in South Bend and lived here until 1946 when she and her husband, Dr. C. F. Risser, moved to Phoenix where he set up his practice. The couple was married in South Bend on Aug. 31, 1940.

Besides her husband, she is survived by her father, R. A. Biggs, South Bend; two sons, Christian and Frederick and a daughter, Prudence, all at home; five brothers, Fred, Ross, Thomas and Patrick, all of South Bend, and Donald, Omaha, Neb., and a sister, Mrs. Phyllis Steinke, South Bend.

Services and burial will be held Friday in Phoenix

Article from 08 Jan 1963 The South Bend Tribune (South Bend, IN)

Sources: Ancestry.com and Newspapers.com

02/11/2026 EJS