Joan M. Rigg

Joan Mae (Hotmer) Rigg, 87, passed away September 1, 2024, at her home. Born on January 11, 1937, in Wellington, Missouri. She was the daughter of Joseph Charles Hotmer and Jessie Mae (Anderson) Long.

Joan was a graduate of Westport High School in June 1955. She had a beautiful voice at the age of 17 years old and took voice lessons at the Conservatory of Music in Kansas City, but never pursued a career in music.

She married Jesse Eugene Daiprai in September 1955. They divorced in October 1959. During this marriage, Constance Marie Daiprai and Jesse Eugene Daiprai, Jr. were born in 1956 and 1958.

Joan then married Charles Daniel “Dan” Rigg on July 6, 1960. During this marriage, Eric Benjamin Rigg and Marc Leslie Rigg were born in 1964 and 1965.

Joan worked outside the home since she was 13 years old. She always had a job outside of the home while raising her four children. She had all kinds of accounting positions. Just to name a few, she spent one year with the IRS; 14 years with Frances Gee Garment CO., in Kansas City; four years at Holiday Lakes Resort in Odessa, MO; eight years with Carmean, Inc. Promotional Telephone Sales, Independence, MO; and with Wal-Mart as a cashier from March 2002, until retiring on March 22, 2019.

She enjoyed crocheting, plastic canvas crafts, miscellaneous crafts, taking pictures of the family, and making weekend trips to the Lake of the Ozarks. She also liked to paint interior walls in her home.

Joan was preceded in death by her father Joseph Charles Hotmer, June 16, 1938; stepfather Estel Roy McFarland, April 29, 1970; stepfather Thomas E. Long, August 1995; daughter Constance Marie “Connie” (Daiprai) Diffee, October 11, 2005; mother Jessie Mae (Anderson) Long, February 29, 2012; husband Charles Daniel Rigg, February 6, 2018; oldest sister Rosemary (Hotmer) Kirkham, February 11, 2018 and brother-in-law Pastor Jack E. Kirkham, Sr., July 27, 2021.

Survivors include sons Jesse Eugene Daiprai, Jr., and wife Nancy Colleen, of Independence; Eric Benjamin Rigg and wife Donna Gay, of Independence; Marc Leslie Rigg and wife Lisa Renee, of Raytown; son-in-law John Earl Diffee, of Independence; younger sister Jeanette Marie (Hotmer) Meyers of Salina; along with numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Visitation will be 10-11am, Saturday, September 14, 2024 followed by funeral services at 11am at Heartland Cremation and Burial Society, 6113 Blue Ridge Blvd, Raytown, MO 64133. Burial in Brooking Cemetery.