Obituary: William Worcester Briggs
William Worcester Briggs 1930 - 2021 BRUNSWICK - A few weeks after Bill and his wife, Jean, celebrated their 68th wedding .
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William Worcester Briggs
William Worcester Briggs 1930 – 2021 BRUNSWICK – A few weeks after Bill and his wife, Jean, celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary, Bill passed into the spiritual world on Feb. 25, 2021 after a period of failing health. He was happy to be at home surrounded by family. Bill was born to Horace and Margaret Briggs in Washington D.C., Dec. 8, 1930. He grew up in Newtonville, Mass, attending local schools, graduating from High Mowing, a Waldorf high school, in Wilton, N.H. He attended Paul Smith College in New York State, then transferred to University of Maine Orono, studying forestry at both colleges. When his family moved to Fryeburg, he met Jean Webster. Two years later they married and moved to Chester, Vt. where Bill was employed by The National Survey, a cartographic firm making mili