ID: 55931
Last Name: Rigby
First Name: Elizabeth Rebecca Kunz
Age:
Gender: F
Cemetery: Bern,Idaho
Birth Date: 1 MAR 1876
Birth Place: Bern,Bear Lake,Id
Date Died: 24 MAY 1950
Death Place: Logan,Cache,Ut
Father: Christian Kunz
Mother: Elizabeth Buehler
Spouse: John Thomas Rigby
Sources: Sexton
Remarks:

Elizabeth Rebecca Kunz was born on March 1st, 1876 at Bern, Bear Lake County, Idaho to Christian Kunz and Eliza Buhler. Elizabeth Rebecca Kunz married John Thomas Rigby on October 10, 1894 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.

Children of Elizabeth Rebecca Kunz and John Thomas Rigby included;
F Pearl Elizabeth RIGBY
Born: 15 Oct 1895 Place: Wayan, Crb, Id
Christened: 3 Dec 1895

M John Rollin RIGBY
Born: 18 Oct 1903 Place: Bern, B-Lk, Id
Christened: 25 Oct 1903 Place: Bern, Bear Lake, Idaho
Died: 13 Aug 1985 Place: Montpelier, Id
Buried: 17 Aug 1985 Place: Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho

F Frances May RIGBY
Born: 9 Feb 1901 Place: Bern, B-Lk, Id
Died: 18 Feb 1979 Place: Logan, Cache, Ut
Buried: 21 Feb 1979 Place: Auburn, Lncln, Wy

F Della Grace RIGBY
Born: 15 Feb 1897 Place: Bern, B-Lake, Id
Died: 24 Mar 1975 Place: Salt Lake City, Utah
Buried: 29 Mar 1975 Place: Fairview, Lincoln, Wy

F Luella Ruth RIGBY
Born: 20 Feb 1899 Place: Bern, Bear Lake, Id
Died: 10 Jun 1960 Place: Ogden, Weber, Ut
Buried: 13 Jun 1960 Place: Ogden, Weber, Ut

M Melvin Christian RIGBY
Born: 1 Mar 1917 Place: Bern, B-Lake, Id
Died: 23 Jan 1919 Place:

F Irene RIGBY
Born: 7 Jul 1915 Place: Bern, Bear Lake, Id
Died: 14 Nov 1990 Place: West Valley, Salt Lake, County
Buried: 17 Nov 1990 Place: West Valley, Salt Lake, County

F Alphia RIGBY
Born: 22 Jul 1909 Place: Bern, B-Lake, Id
Christened: 5 Sep 1909 Place: Bern, Bear Lake, Idaho
Died: 6 May 1984 Place: Pocatello, Id
Buried: 9 May 1984 Place: Wardboro, Bear Lake, Idaho

M Truman Wilford RIGBY
Born: 23 Sep 1905 Place: Bern, Bear Lake, Id
Died: 8 Aug 1980 Place: Mink Creek, Franklin, Id
Buried: 14 Aug 1980 Place: Wardboro, Bear Lake, Id

M William Wilmer RIGBY
Born: 30 Dec 1907 Place: Bern, B-Lake, Id
Died: 10 Aug 1931 Place:
Elizabeth Rebecca Kunz Rigby died on May 24, 1950 at Logan, Cache County, Utah and was buried on May 27, 1950 at Bern Cemetery, Bern, Bear Lake County, Utah.

Obituary
"Eliza Kunz Rigby
Logan-Mrs. Eliza Kunz Rigby, 74, died at her home, 364 N. 5th East, Logan, Wednesday morning of a heart ailment. She was born March 1, 1876, in Bern, Ida., a daughter of Christian and Eliza Buehler Kunz. She was married to John Thomas Rigby, Oct. 10, 1894 in the Salt Lake Temple, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He died June 1, 1940. The couple pioneered in the Gray's Lake, Ida., region. where they helped organize a branch of the LDS church. They moved to Bern, Ida., where Mr. Rigby taught school, living there 30 years. She became the mother of 12 children two of whom preceded her in death. Survivors include the following sons and daughters: John R. Rigby, Truman W. Rigby. Mrs. Perl Davis, Monpelier, Ida.; Mrs. May Peterson, Mrs. Fonda Pulley, and Irene Rigby, Logan; Mrs. Della Hoppes, Fairview, Wyo.; Mrs. Ruth Carlton, Ogden; Mrs. Alphia Wood, Kemerer, Wyo.; and Mrs. Alton Ashby, Delta. Also surviving are brothers and sisters: Mrs. Nellie Dredge, Malad, Ida.; Mrs. Lydia A. Barlow, Logan; Mrs. Ida Boss, Garland; Mrs. Zina Fult, Clearfield; Mrs. Charlotte Harris, Ogden; Mrs. Adeline Countryman, Palo Alto, Cal.; Mrs. Maggie Mittlestedt, Emmett, Ida.; Alma Kunz, Smith A. Kunz, and Anthon Kunz, Bern, Ida.; Seth Kunz, Soda Springs, Ida.; Dr.Seymour Kunz, Salt Lake City: 52 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in the Logan Eighteenth ward LDS chapel, by Dan A. Swenson, bishop. Friends may call at the family home friday evening and Saturday prior to services. Burial will be in the Bern, Ida. cemetery under the direction of W. Loyal Hall Mortuary, Logan." Obituary courtesy of the Salt Lake Telegram 26 May 1950.