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Higginbotham, Roger Allen
Roger Allen Higginbotham, 59, of Toledo, passed away Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 30, at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Toledo. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Survivors include his longtime companion, Sue Schafer of Toledo; one sister, Carol (Emil) Kalinay of Toledo; one brother, Randy (Alicia) Higginbotham of Tama; a niece, Rachel (Mike) King of Alaska; and his nephews, Curtis (Jenn) Higginbotham of Des Moines, and Shaun (Jenna) Blake of Pekin, Ill.
Published in The Gazette Dec. 27, 2011.
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