In late March 1913 , a series of winter storms caused the Great Dayton Flood , and despite his 71 years , Rigge made his way to Dayton as the water was reaching its highest levels , to help those suffering its effects . As a result of his exertions , he succumbed to exhaustion and died two weeks later in Cincinnati , on April 17 , 1913 . He is buried in the old Jesuit plot of the New St. Joseph Cemetery in Cincinnati
Great Dayton Flood
Great Dayton Flood
Joseph F. Rigge