Joseph Christopher Higgins Jr., of Marion and Vero Beach, FL, passed away August 1, 2016. He was the beloved husband of Catharine (Reagan) Higgins and father of Joseph C. Higgins III and his wife Kim of Danvers, Molly C. Mahn of Pennington, NJ, Catharine M. Higgins of Mt. Pleasant, SC, Robert R. Higgins and his wife Michelle of Chatham, NJ, Michael P. Higgins and his wife Maria of Rochester, Timothy J. Higgins and his wife Kristen of Pennington, NJ and Philip C. and his husband Matthew Smith of Salem. Joe is also survived by 23 grandchildren. He was the brother of Eleanor Rodgers of Portland, ME, Alice Slattery of Framingham, Evelyn Beveridge of Scituate, James F. Higgins of Jupiter, FL, John Higgins of Jamaica Plain and the late Mary Nash.
Joe was the retired President and Chairman of J.C. Higgins Mechanical Contractors.
His funeral will be held on Friday August 5th at 10:45 AM from the Saunders-Dwyer Mattapoisett Home for Funerals, 50 County Road (Rt. 6), Mattapoisett, followed by his Funeral Mass at Saint Anthony’s Church, 22 Barstow Street, Mattapoisett at 12 Noon. Visiting hours will be held on Thursday August 4th from 3-7 PM. In lieu of flowers, donations in Joe’s memory may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 50, Memphis, TN 38101-9929. For online condolence, please visit www.saundersdwyer.com