IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Irene Robin

Irene Robin Riggs Profile Photo

Riggs

May 25, 1959 — Dec 13, 2014

Obituary

Irene "Robin" Riggs of Champaign, Illinois, 55, died Saturday December 13, 2014. She was widely known as the wittiest and funniest person among her family and friends.

A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at First Presbyterian Church of Urbana, 602 W. Green St. A reception will follow the service.

Robin, daughter of Robert and Joyce Riggs, and sister of Kendrick Riggs, attended Wilder Grade School and Ballard High School, class of 1977. She received a BA in Studio Art from Kenyon College where she met her husband of 27 years, Peter Goldsmith. She also received a MA in Instructional Design from Ohio State University. Robin was the loving mother of Irene Margaret Goldsmith, 20, and Shim Henry Riggs Goldsmith, 16. She was an active artist with a studio in the historic Lincoln Building in downtown Champaign, who exhibited and sold her work.

Contributions may be made in Robin's memory to the First Presbyterian Church.

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