My popo, I am forever grateful to have you as my grandpa and now my guardian angel watching over me and “Antonia.” I will cherish every moment you’ve taken care of me as a child and up until your last day. I will miss your phone calls and miss hearing you call my name. I will be sure to let Alaia know what a crazy great grandpa she had.  Until we meet again old man, I love you and come back to me in my dreams.  
-Xo  your granddaughter helica, grandson Aaron & your great granddaughter Alaia 

Big papa i hope your dancing around and singing your music with your wife and  beer in your hand. We will remember you and will take care of Tony for you. We will always remember all the good and funny times we had. Rest in peace big papa. 

I remember when I was little 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 was amazing and nothing but wonders and full of questions, as I got older I saw how certain things brought specific emotions , strange thoughts with no way around them without facing them head on. Now that I’m going on 20 years of living my life soon I can’t possibly bear the pain or live with the loss of my loved ones but then I remember that growing up they had the same problem with what I was going through, a hard knock life I would say but a-lot of them got through the storm just to see a little glimpse of what they worked hard for , I’m grateful for my Grandpa Tony Rivera , he was so funny , charming and outgoing really just a plain old fool but at the end of the day he was a great man had respect and major responsibilities that he handled , im glad my son Tony Rivera , IV got to be apart of his life even if it was for a short moment he got to see how far the generation line of Rivera’s has gotten. We love you and will always miss you Grandpa , Rest in paradise and make sure you don’t wait up for us we’ll be there at the heavens gates soon ready too rejoice and catch up on plenty of missed times and memories. Love your Grandson Tony Rivera , III , Granddaughter in-law Shaanti Alejandro Avilez and Great Grandson Tony Rivera , IV.

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He is survived by his children; Jesse Rivera, Marina Rivera, Tony Jr. Rivera and wife Sandra, Tom Rivera, Tanya Rivera and husband Ruben, and Vincent Serrato-Rivera; 28 Grandchildren; 38 Great Grand Children; Brothers and sisters, Dominga Torres, Jacinto Rivera, Cecilia Mendez, Petra Padilla, Gabriel Rivera, Maria Escalante, Robert Rivera, Mike Rivera, Rosa Dissinger, Pete Rivera, Raul Rivera, Lucy Flores; as well as many-many nieces, nephews and cousins and close friends.

Tony was preceded in death by his mom, Carolina Rivera, his dad Toribio Rivera, His wife Sanadia Rivera, daughter Michelle Rivera, his brothers Luis Rivera, Jesse Rivera, David Rivera, Juan Rivera, Jose Rivera, Candelario Rivera and sister Teresa Rivera.

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Tony Rivera

3 June, 1951 – 12 June, 2019

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