Elizabeth Ann Bigler

Elizabeth Ann Bigler walked on peacefully on February 27, 2025, in Independence Missouri. Elizabeth was born on August 15, 1936 in Bronaugh Missouri to Lewis and Marie (Hope) Adams. She was proud of her Potawatomi heritage, a descendant of the Bourassa family.

Elizabeth was a loving wife to Robert L. Bigler, married since 1956. She had a deep love for her family. Soon after marriage they had two daughters, Sheila and Linda that she adored and sewed matching outfits for. When her daughters married, she loved having Tom and Roland as her son-in-laws and she always referred to them as her sons. She cherished being a grandma to Courtney and her husband Wes, Andrew and his wife Laura and Jessica and her husband Joe; and a great grandma to Isaac, Levi, Emmett, Asher, Henry, Christopher, Vincent, and Everett.

Her happy, joyful personality made her loved by everyone. Especially her extended family including many nieces and nephews. Friends both new and old were drawn to her smile and twinkle in her eyes. She loved to share memories of her grandchildren such as, the times all three stayed at her house and would climb onto the recliner, facing the street, and watch for the “Pizza Man”. The grandchildren lived in the country where there wasn’t a pizza delivery service. She never missed an opportunity to tell people she had eight great grandsons.

After retiring from Waddell & Reed she enjoyed traveling and exploring the Oregon Trail with her husband Robert. They began at the National Frontier Trails Museum in Independence Missouri and finished at the End Of The Oregon Trail Visitor and Interpretive Center in Oregon City, Oregon. It took parts of three years of traveling to complete their adventure. Highlights included Independence Rock where pioneer names are scribed into the rock; also included Chimney Rock which was a landmark for pioneers to guide them on their way. They both thought the wagon wheel ruts were interesting to explore. She also climbed under barbed wire fences to get a closer look at pioneer graves.

Elizabeth’s legacy will live on through the countless lives she touched, and the memories shared by her loved ones.