Brianna Noelle Rizzi

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Brianna Noelle Rizzi, beloved mother, wife, sister and daughter, born on Christmas day, 1984 to Michael and Lynn Oliver passed away January 4th, 2022 in Pueblo, CO.

She always held the holiday season as her absolute favorite. Decorations would go up early and remain as long as possible into the New Year. As a child, Brianna and her family lived happily in their home in Penrose, CO. She and her brother Jesse Oliver loved the horses, chickens, ducks and especially the wide-open spaces to explore. She played in the pottery studio with her mother, excelled at playing the clarinet and saxophone and loved having her friends over to join in the fun. She graduated from Florence High School where Brianna was an outstanding student. She was named to the all-state band, elected class president all four years and was a member of the golf and volleyball teams. After high school, Brianna attended Colorado College where she graduated with a Bachelors of Art in History. Her love of travel led her to take advantage of the study abroad program where she lived in Florence, Italy for a semester.

Brianna met the love of her life, Christopher Rizzi, in January 2015 and married on October 8th, 2016. They began a beautiful life together in Pueblo, CO, where she gave birth to two wonderful children, Ryan (3) and Aria (1). In 2018 Brianna and her husband Christopher opened her dream store, "The Avenue Art and Antiques" in Pueblo, CO, a wonderful store where she loved to spend her time selling her own art, conversing with customers, arranging beautiful display and shopping for special pieces to include in her collection. Briannas passions were deep. A talented photographer, she was a member of multiple galleries and won numerous awards including first place in Professional Photography at the Colorado State Fair in August 2019. It was a very proud moment for her and her family. Her love of music also continued throughout her life. Family "dance parties" were a normal occurrence when Christopher came home from work. Travel was also an enduring passion for Brianna, a love given to her by her parents that she continued throughout her life. She shared this joy with her children by showing them all wonders around them. Her growing family occupied her whole heart. Art projects were commonplace, along with trips to the Zoo and the park. She loved taking her family to the nature center river for long strolls and her families cabin, her most special place, where they would explore the mountains and the beauty of Colorado.

Brianna is survived by her husband, Christopher Rizzi and her two children Ryan and Aria Rizzi. She is also survived by her parents Michael Oliver and Lynn Lemmon-Oliver; her brother Jesse Oliver (KaRene); her Grandmother Lee Jones (Pat Potter); her mother and father in-law Eugene Rizzi (Kathy); her sister-in-law Jennifer Alvarado (Chad); her sister-in-law Andrea Juliano (Felix); and her brother-in-law Nicholas (Liza). Brianna was dearly loved by her nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends and classmates and her memory and spirit will be kept alive.

Brianna would encourage you to dream big, travel the world, invest in the art that makes you happy, pursue your passions with unabashed drive and love those around you with fierce loyalty. Her light and love will be missed by all the many lives she touched during her brief time with us.