Janet (Gardner) Rigo died at home on May 12, 2024. She was born to Raymond and Rena Gardner on May 30th, 1933 in Utica, New York. She graduated from Syracuse University School of Music and attended the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. In August of 1977, she married Paolo A. Rigo, on exchange Fulbright scholar from Florence, Italy and they lived in Rome, Milan and Florence until finally retiring on Cape Cod. Paolo died on May 5, 2012. Janet asked that no services be planned.