{"id":3471,"date":"2018-12-09T13:43:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T13:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=3471"},"modified":"2018-12-10T19:37:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T19:37:49","slug":"stephen-d-bigger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=3471","title":{"rendered":"Stephen D. Bigger"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Stephen D. \u201cSteve\u201d Bigger \u2013 78 \u2013 of 2639 County Rt. 70A (Big Creek Rd.), Hornell died early Saturday morning (December 8, 2018) following a 30 year battle with Parkinson\u2019s Disease.<\/p>\n

Born in Scranton, PA on August 23, 1940, he was the son of Michael & Helen (Fedor) Bigger.<\/p>\n

Steve grew up in Hornell and was a graduate of St. Ann\u2019s School and later graduated from Hornell High School (class of 1958).\u00a0 Following his high school graduation, he enlisted in the US Navy, serving his country aboard the USS Yorktown.\u00a0 He was honorably discharged in 1961.<\/p>\n

For 22 years, Steve served as a New York State Trooper, primarily in the Hornell, Bath & Canisteo area.\u00a0 He retired in 1987.\u00a0 Having a lifelong interest in government, he served the community as a member of the Steuben County Legislator from 1993 \u2013 2002.<\/p>\n

Steve had been a member of Our Lady of the Valley Parish and a communicant of St. Ann\u2019s Church.\u00a0 A true outdoorsman, he was an avid hunter & fisherman.\u00a0 He not only hunted & fished locally, he would often travel throughout the United States visiting such places as Alaska (fishing), Wyoming (elk hunting) and Nebraska (pheasant hunting).\u00a0 There was no place on earth than he would rather be than outdoors and enjoying all that Mother Nature had to offer.<\/p>\n

In addition to his parents, Steve was preceded in death by his brother, Michael Bigger who died in 1944 at the age of seven.<\/p>\n

Surviving are his son, Stephen (Michelle) Bigger of Alpine Wyoming; his sister, Marie Diestler of Hornell; his nephew, Andrew (Billie Jean) Diestler of Alfred Station; 2 great-nieces; 1 great-nephew; several cousins.<\/p>\n

The family of Stephen D. \u201cSteve\u201d Bigger will receive friends on Friday from 4:00 PM \u2013 6:00 PM at the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY.\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0Funeral & committal services will be held at the conclusion of calling hours at 6:00 PM with Deacon Robert McCormick officiating.\u00a0 Burial will be inSt. Mary\u2019s Cemetery.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Steve\u2019s family request that in lieu of flowers, memorial contribution in his name be made to the Hart Comfort House of Allegany County, 141 East State St., Wellsville, NY 14895.\u00a0 Memorial forms will be available at the Dagon Funeral Home.<\/p>\n

All of Steve\u2019s family are eternally grateful to Rheanna and her devoted staff of caregivers who, because of their love & devotion, allowed Steve to remain in his home for the past four years.\u00a0 Thank-you from the bottom of our hearts!!!<\/p>\n

In recognition of Steve\u2019s service to his country as a member of the US Navy, the American Flag at the Dagon Funeral Home will be flown at half-staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stephen D. \u201cSteve\u201d Bigger \u2013 78 \u2013 of 2639 County Rt. 70A (Big Creek Rd.), Hornell died early Saturday morning (December 8, 2018) following a 30 year battle with Parkinson\u2019s Disease. Born in Scranton, PA on August 23, 1940, he was the son of Michael & Helen (Fedor) Bigger. Steve grew up in Hornell and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3471"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3476,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3471\/revisions\/3476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}