Margarito Rivera

Visitation for Margarito G. Rivera, 73, of Mescalero will be Wednesday, Aug. 6, at LaGrone Funeral Chapel in Ruidoso from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM. The prayer service will be Wednesday, Aug. 6, at 6:00 PM in St. Joseph's Mission where the funeral mass will be on Thursday, Aug. 7, at 10:00 AM. Burial will follow at the Mescalero Cemetery. Mr. Rivera passed away Sunday, Aug. 3, in Ruidoso. He was born June 10, 1935 at Los Nopales Guanacevi, Durango, Mexico and he had lived at Mescalero since 1983 moving from Las Cruces. He was a heavy equipment operator for road construction, he loved to traine horses, was a very good horseman and an avid outdoorsman. He is survived by his wife, Ruby; 9 children, Victoria Rivera, Rory Apachito, Stella Rivera, Margarito Rivera Jr., Pablo Rivera, Kilo Rivera, Vincente Rivera, Anna Armijo, and Maria Miranda; 3 brothers, Jose Rivera, Domingo Rivera, and Guillermo Rivera; 3 sisters, Amalia Gallegos, Brigida Talamontes, and Carmareina Rivera and 18 grandchildren.

Visitation

LaGrone Funeral Chapel of Ruidoso
341 Sudderth Dr.
Ruidoso, NM  88345
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
2:00 PM until 4:00 PM

Service

Prayer service

St. Josephs Mission
114 Mission Trail
Mescalero, NM  88340
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
6:00 PM

Funeral Mass

St. Josephs Mission
114 Mission Trail
Mescalero, NM  88340
Thursday, August 7, 2008
10:00 AM

Cemetery

Mescalero Cemetery
Graveyard Road
Mescalero, NM  88340