Josephine “Jo” Beatrice Riggs was born in Riverside, California and raised in Fresno. She was one of nine children, eight girls and one boy. She married her husband Roy in 1942 and they had two children, Marilyn and Daniel. They lived in San Francisco until they built their home in Sunnyvale and lived there for 42 years. Josephine worked as a legal secretary for the Edmund Brown Law Firm as well as for the Air Force at Moffett Field. Jo and her husband traveled all over the United States, Europe and Mexico. Like all her sisters, her favorite past time was shopping for bargains.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Roy, son Daniel, her brother Barney and her six sisters. She is survived by her daughter Marilyn and sister Verdine, and numerous nieces and nephews.