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Irene Angela Crawford Biggs, 85, passed away peacefully at a local Albuquerque retirement home on Saturday evening December 18, 2004, after an illness of several months. Her husband George (Joe) Biggs, Col. USAF (Ret.), was at her bedside. Irene will be greatly missed. She was born in Brooklyn, NY of January 1, 1919 and had lived in Albuquerque since 1968. Irene and Joe had celebrated 65 years of marriage on December 9, 2004. Prior to her marriage Irene had worked at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in New York City. Following her marriage, she spent thirty years as a devoted Air Force wife and mother of four children. Irene was preceded in death by her son, Michael; her parents, John and Irene Crawford; and her sister, Virginia. She is survived by her husband, Joe; her sons, George of Los Alamos, NM and James and wife, Diane of Albuquerque; and her daughter, Patricia and husband, Robert Morrisette of Huntington Beach, CA. Also surviving are her sister, Laura Kelly of Queens, NY; grandchildren, Jennifer and husband, Major Michael Keltos of Edwards AFB, CA, Jill and husband, James Spears of Ocoee, FL, Joseph Biggs of Chicago, IL, and Andrea and Hayley Morrisette of Huntington Beach, CA; step-grandchildren, Corey Morrisette of Huntington Beach, CA; and great-grandchildren, Kaitlin and Benjamin Keltos of Edwards AFB, CA. Irene was a member of the St. Charles Borromeo Parish and had been active in the Holy Name Society and the Committee on the Aging. Visitation will be held at the Fitzgerald and Son Funeral Directors, 3113 Carlisle Blvd. NE from 1:00 to 4:00 pm of Tuesday December 21. A Rosary will be said at 7:00 pm Tuesday evening, December 21 at the St. Charles Borromeo Church, 1818 Coal Place SE. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 9:30 am on Wednesday, December 22, at St. Charles, Rev. Joseph Thai Tran SSS officiant. Burial will follow at the Santa Fe National Cemetery at 2:00 pm that afternoon. In lieu of flowers the family requests that contributions in Irene's memory be made to the Alzheimer's Association, New Mexico Chapter, 8100 Mountain Rd. NE. Albuquerque, NM 87110. All services are under the care and direction of: Fitzgerald and son 3113 Carlisle NE 884-1188
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