Madison-Rosalia Rivera, age 77, passed away on November 13, 2016 at Agrace HospiceCare, surrounded by her loving family, from complications of Alzheimer’s. Rosalia was born in Cartago, Colombia on October 5, 1939, to loving parents Dagoberto and Soledad. On September 30, 1963, she married Fernando Rivera and they moved to Madison, WI in 1965. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister.

She worked for the Madison Metropolitan School District and was also a daycare provider. She had a special place in her heart for children. She was known for her selflessness, kindness, service to others (especially her family), her incredible devotion to God and her Catholic faith.

Rosalia and Fernando were married for nearly 53 years. Rosalia is preceded in death by her husband Fernando, parents Dagoberto and Soledad and her brother Lisimaco.

Rosalia is survived by her six children, Rosalia (Raymond) Boerke, Victoria (Joey) Brennan, Carmen (Brian) Reamer, Fernando (Biljana) Rivera, Alejandro (Patricia) Rivera and Eduardo (Pamela) Rivera; her twenty-one grandchildren, Angela, Alejandro, Victoria and Catherine Boerke, Lexie, Grace and Ana Brennan, Anthony, Matthew, Nicholas and Elisa Reamer, Hristina, Maria, Alex, and Leonardo Rivera, Julia, Andrew and Benjamin Rivera, and Isabella, Gabriela and Eduardo Rivera Jr.; her sister Ena (Tom) and brother Roberto (Clara Elsie).

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, November 17, 2016, at ST. PETER CATHOLIC CHURCH, 5001 N Sherman Ave., with Msgr. Charles Schluter presiding. Burial will be held at Highland Memory Gardens. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until the time of Mass at the church on Thursday.

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Rosalia Rivera

October 05, 1939 - November 13, 2016

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