Burt Wiggins, Jr.

Burt Wiggins Jr. died at his home on January 26, 2022 in Unity, NH.

The son of Burt Wiggins Sr. and Aline (Messer) Wiggins, Burt was born on July 1, 1927 and grew up in Sunapee, NH

with 10 siblings.   After serving in the Navy, Burt worked at Fellows Gear Shaper in Springfield, VT and then at the

Newport Post Office in Newport, NH.  With his wife Virginia (Weed) Wiggins, he traveled to Fort Myers, Florida in winters

and enjoyed Sanibel Island while golfing and fishing with friends and relatives.

Burt was an avid sportsman who loved to fish, hunt and golf.  He fished Lake Sunapee and Lake Winnipesaukee regularly 

and took special fishing trips to Lake Ontario, Moosehead Lake in Maine, and the ocean and rivers in British Columbia.  

He hunted in New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine and Montana for deer, elk and moose.   Burt enjoyed traveling in his RV,

gardening, raising fruit trees and picking blueberries. He relished telling stories and a good joke to family and friends. 

Burt and his wife Virginia were married for 74 years.  Virginia predeceased him on December 31, 2021. 

He is survived by daughter Vicki who resides in Virginia with her husband Bob and son Larry who lives in Unity, NH.

He has four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Burt will forever be fondly remembered as a loving father, grandfather and husband.

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