Maria Piedad Vigil Rivera (Betty) of Roland, OK, passed away December 26, 2021. She was born June 17, 1937 in Monta Vista, CA. She later on met her husband Ignacio Rivera and moved to La Habra, CA. Her and Ignacio raised their children and were active members of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church.
They were entrepreneurs. Owning various businesses consisting of carpet and upholstery, bar business and real estate. Later on she became a librarian for La Habra Public Library. They moved to Oklahoma in 1989 and she worked at the Sallisaw Public Library and then worked for six years at the Fort Smith Public Library before retiring. In her spare time, she loved genealogy and reading. Maria was a member of the St. Katari Catholic Church in Muldrow, OK.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Ignacio Rivera Sr.
Maria is survived by three daughters, Anna Marie Rivera-Bale of Broken Arrow, OK, Rose Marie Jordan and husband Robert of Roland, OK and Teresa Galaviz and husband David of Lake Forest, CA; five sons, Ignacio Rivera Jr of Roland OK, James Rivera of San Jacinto, CA, Michael Rivera and wife Valerie of La Habra, CA, Mark Rivera and wife Jennifer of Fort Smith, AR, Daniel Rivera of Fort Smith, AR; nineteen grandchildren; thirty three great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
Memorial Mass will be 11 AM, Thursday, January 6, 2022 at St. Kateri Catholic Church in Muldrow, OK.
