Robert Wilson Wigton Jr. ’45

Bob Wigton died May 2, 1998, a resident of Bryn Mawr, Pa. Bob was so loyal a class member that one would have thought he resided in Princeton, since he never failed to appear, with wife Dixie, at all class functions on the campus. Bob entered Princeton from Gilman, the son of Robert W. '12. His Princeton career was interrupted by service with Army chemical warfare in both Europe and the Pacific. He saw combat and received the Bronze Star. Upon returning to Princeton he received his degree in 1946 and the next year married the former Dixie Good. Bob was first with the Morrisdale Coal Mining Co. but for more than 30 years was president of the Baltic Coal Co. in Stratford, Pa. Bob and Dixie, who were able to celebrate more than 50 years of marriage prior to his death, had a daughter, Elizabeth Wigton Brewer.

Wig is survived by Dixie and Elizabeth and by a sister, Louise Davison, and two grandchildren. The class will miss this loyal classmate, as we extend our sympathy to the family.

The Class of 1945