Editing E. C. R. Lorac (section)

===Personal life and death===
Remaining unmarried, she lived her last years with her elder sister, Gladys Rivett (1891–1966), in the village of [[Aughton, Lancaster|Aughton]], in Lonsdale, Lancashire. She became a popular figure in the village while continuing to work productively as a detective novelist. To this day, she is remembered in the local community as spirited and strong-willed, a woman with a strong social conscience. Edith Rivett died at the Caton Green Nursing Home, [[Caton-with-Littledale]], near [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]]. According to the probate records for her will, she left an estate valued at £10,602, 16 shillings [about £250,000 in 2020]. Rivett is buried in the churchyard at [[St Saviour's Church, Aughton]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMFZF2_Edith_Caroline_Rivett_Aughton_Lancashire|title=Waymarking: Edith Caroline Rivett, Aughton|access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>

[[Westminster Abbey]] holds a number of works by the [[Sheffield]]-trained [[silversmith]] [[Omar Ramsden]]. One of these was given by Miss Carol Rivett in memory of her grandfather, Edward Smith Foot. It is a silver alms dish of hammer and repousse work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/omar-ramsden|title=Westminster Abbey: Omar Ramsden|access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref> She also donated a [[tunicle]] (the [[vestment]] worn by a [[subdeacon]]) to the Abbey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/about-the-abbey/history/vestments-and-frontals#i26565|title=Westminster Abbey: Vestments and Frontals|access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>