Nydia Rivera was born on September 21st, 1939 to Juan Hernandez and Maria Orta and passed away on May 22nd, 2019. She was raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico and lived in Saint Just, Puerto Rico; Brooklyn, New York; and Central Islip, New York with her husband and son. Nydia loved listening to music and talk radio, as well as spending time with her family. She earned her Master's Degree in Education from Hunter College and taught Kindergarten at Bethesda Day Care Center in Brooklyn, New York. She was a loving wife and mother and is survived by her husband of 58 years, Daniel, her sons, Daniel and Francisco, a granddaughter, Marielle, her sister, Norma, and several nieces, grandnieces, and grandnephews. She now joins her beloved siblings, Carmen Leticia and Hector, and her beloved son, Juan Jose, in heaven.
We will always love and miss you until we meet again - from all of us