Richard "Dick" Riggs

Richard “Dick” Riggs

Richard “Dick” Riggs, 70, Hays, died Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at the Saint Luke’s Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri.

He was born July 6, 1945 in Hays the son of Donald and Loree (Maddy) Riggs.  He was a graduate of Hays High School in 1963 and attended Fort Hays State University.  He was a United States Air Force veteran during the Vietnam War.  In 1970 he married Terri Herbig in Hays.  He worked in the tire industry, first at Riggs Tire and later on in sales at Becker Tire until his retirement this past October.  He loved to play golf and was an avid Jayhawks and Kansas City Royals and Chiefs fan.  He loved his family and friends and enjoyed his grandsons, and going to their activities and sporting events.  He enjoyed softball, hunting and cooking and courageously battled cancer for eleven years without complaint; he would simply grin and bear it day by day.

Survivors include his wife, Terri, of the home in Hays, his mother Loree Riggs of Hays, a daughter Kelly Riggs of Kansas City, Kansas, a son Cory Riggs and wife Tina and their children Trey, Derrik, and Kyler Riggs, all of Hays, a sister Linda O’Conner of Hays, his mother in law Marcelyn Herbig of Hays, and three brothers in law, Mark Herbig of Hays, Alan Hayes of Green River, WY, and John Medina of Trinidad, CO, and numerous nieces and nephews. 

He was preceded in death by his father, his twin sister Donna Medina, his father in law Heinie Herbig, and a sister in law Sandy Hayes.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine Street.  Military honors will follow by the Hays VFW Honor Guard.  Visitation will be from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm on Monday and from 9:30 am until service time on Tuesday, all at the funeral home.  Memorials are suggested in Dick’s memory to a memorial to be decided at a later date, in care of the funeral home.  Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com