Shawnee County KS Archives Obituaries.....RIGBY, Olive Blanche  April 30, 1918
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The Topeka Daily State Journal
Tuesday
April 30, 1918

Mrs. W.O. Rigby Dies.
Victim of Appendicitis Was Wife of Postmaster in Topeka.

Olive Blanche RIGBY, wife of Postmaster W.O. Rigby, died at 8:15 o'clock this
morning in a local hospital. Mrs. Rigby had undergone two operations for
appendicitis, one of them last Thursday and one Monday. 
Mrs. Rigby was born in Somerset, Ohio, October 8, 1871. She married W.O. Rigby,
February 12, 1896. Before her death she was a member of the Toltec Rite, a
Masonic order, and of the Masonic unit of the American Red Cross.
Mrs. Rigby had been very active in Red Cross work in Topeka, taking an active
part in all of the Red Cross war fund and membership campaigns. SHe also worked
faithfully in other branches of war activities; notably for the liberty loans,
the thrift stamp and baby bond campaigns, the Salvation Army campaign, and the
Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. campaigns. Mrs. Rigby was a member of the Mysotis club,
the Topeka Avenue club, the Elwell club, and others. 
Funeral arrangements will be announced later. 


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