Paul Briggs (1928-2016) Warren High School Class of 1949

Source:  Warren Times Observer

1949 Dragon yearbook
(not 100% sure that this is the right Paul Briggs)

1967 Warren City Directory

• Briggs Paul (Geraldine I) formn WC h625 Pleasant dr 
• Samargya Michl J (Linda R) sls analyst NP h309 Hill

1983 Warren City Directory

• Briggs Danl P h387 Hemlock Rd
• Briggs Floyd emp NP r638 Pleasant Dr
• Briggs Paul E & Geraldine I; attdnt Warren State Hospital h638 Pleasant Dr
• Samargya Michl J & Linda R; v-pres NP h309 Hill St

The popularity of 'Paul' as a baby name has been graphed here, so let's take a look at 'Geraldine'.

Source:  Social Security Administration

She was relatively popular from the 1920s through the 1940s.  Not that there's necessarily any direct connection, but her precipitous fall from grace followed the release of this 1970 comedy album by Flip Wilson, which spent 54 weeks on Billboard Top 200 Albums chart.

Other class of 1949 members: 
Mary Ann Harrison Hughes.  (3/29/2016)
Winona Ross Prosen.  (3/5/2016)
Bertie McConnell Glotz.  (9/26/2015)
Corrine Culbertson Ryan Shanshala.  (7/13/2015)
Nicholas Mangus II. (6/15/2015)
Teresa Nuhfer Sanden.  (4/13/2015)
Catherine Salapek Freeborough.  (4/10/2015)
Richard Sharp.  (3/22/2015)
Richard Hamilton.  (12/17/2014) 

Marcia Richardson Baker.  (3/7/2014)