- Date Of Birth: August 23, 1922
- Date Of Death: February 22, 2014
- State: Missouri
Edwin Hugo Prigge, of Vichy, MO., was born August 23, 1922, in Winona, Minn., the son of Dora and Edward Prigge, who originated from Germany. He passed away on February 22, 2014, at the Phelps County Regional Medical Center in Rolla, surrounded by his children, at the age of 91 years, six months.
Eddie grew up in Minnesota. He went to work at an early age and joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a public work relief program that was part of Roosevelt’s New Deal. He was then employed with the Federal Aviation Administration, which brought him to Vichy during the construction of the Navy aviation training base, now the Rolla National Airport.
It was in Vichy that he met the love of his life, Helen Verle Warner. They were married Sept. 18, 1948, at the First Baptist Church in Rolla. To this union, five children were born. Eddie and Verle enjoyed 64 years of marriage, until Verle passed away on October 5, 2012.
Once married, Eddie continued to work for the FAA, and he and Verle lived in many states. Around 1962, Eddie and Verle purchased the C.O. Fannon Store in Vichy and called it Prigges’ Market. Eddie worked as an electrician at the University of Missouri-Rolla, now Missouri S & T, and later as a maintenance electrician at Fort Leonard Wood. Upon retirement, he joined Verle in the store, until they sold it in 1990.
