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Frank Clifton Rigg

Maudie May Rigg

Clif and Maude Rigg

Frank Clifton Rigg was the middle child of Thomas Townley Rigg and Miranda Gambrel Rigg. He was born on March 18, 1879 at Leon, Kansas. He left Butler County and moved to Noble County, Oklahoma in 1906. Within a year of being there he met and married Maudie May Wright, the daughter of S.H. Wright and Mary Jane Rice Wright. They were married on October 3, 1907 at the home of W.H. Wright. Clif, as he was known by family and friends worked for the railroad as a Frisco agent. Clif and Maude first lived in Lucien, Oklahoma where Maude was a teacher and later moved to Perry, Oklahoma. A son, William Clifton Rigg, was born to them on March 19, 1924. Clif was prominent in civic and church proceedings. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and also of the York Right Masonry. Clif was considered to be a very prominent pioneer of Noble Conty. At the time of his death, Clif had gone with his brother, Lauren Dale Rigg, to see W.H. Frazier, but had remained in the car while Dale talked to Mr. Frazier. When Dale returned to the car, he found his brother deceased. Clif died of an apparent heart attack on May 26, 1934. At his death he lived at 1023 Fir St. in Perry, Oklahoma. His funeral was held on Monday May 28, 1934 at the Methodist Church and he was later buried at Grace Hill Cemetery. Maude continued to live in Perry until July of 1968, when she entered the Jane Phillips Geriatric Center at Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She died on October 27, 1969 and is also buried at Grace Hill Cemetery in Perry. Clif and Maude were well thought of in their community and loved dearly by family and friends. He survived Typhoid Fever at the age of 16 and went on to accomplish much as a public servant and family man. Along with Maude and his son, Bill, he was survived by a young woman that Clif and Maude considered as a daughter, Mrs. Ruby Stewart. Many came from out of state to attend his funeral and to pay tribute to Clif.