The true and loving story I want to tell here is one of my fondest memories. My father went to Utah State Agricultural College in Logan, Utah, soon after he and my mother were married. There, he graduated in Carpentry. Soon after this time, World War 2 broke out, and because he was married and had two children. He was then sent to San Diego, California, to help build airplanes at Consolidated Aircraft. The men you see below are the men he worked with. Lee Seely is the second from the left. There was another from Ephraim, but I have forgotten his name.
San Diego
My Father , William Neldon Rigby lived in San Diego during World War II. He left Mt. Pleasant to go to San Diego to help build airplanes for the war. My mother, Helen Irene Rodgers Rigby joined him later. My two brothers, Charles and Richard were just youngsters then. They lived north and east of Sandiego, a town named Linda Vista.
They moved back home (Mt. Pleasant, Utah) after the war and I (Helen Kathrene) was born in 1947. My Younger brother, Gregory Peter was born in 1952.
On Memorial Day after my mother had passed away, my husband, my mother-in-law and our youngest son visited San Diego with the very purpose of finding out wher my parents once lived.
We had an old greeting card that my mother had saved with an address from one of her friends. I believe it was in Linda Vista, California. My husband and I walked up and down the streets not knowing which house they had lived in. A young woman came out of one of the houses and enquired what our purpose was. She then told me that I should talk to her grandmother Mrs. Eps.
Mrs. Eps had been a good friend of my mother. My mother called her Epsy. She told me which house my mother and father lived in. She was very congenial. And during those few minutes that we stood there, I felt my mother's presence. It was such a wonderful experience.
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| These are friends my father worked with at Consolidated Aircraft. My father is the tallest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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| Helen and Neldon Rigby They were married at Salt Lake County Courthouse |
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| My father worked on a ranch in Wyoming before he married. |
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| Neldon Rigby, Verla Rigby Coates, Lyle Rigby (behind) Emma Rigby Smith, Martha Rigby Nelson, Leo Rigby |
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