Obituary of Natividad Rivera

The Lord placed upon this earth a beautiful angel in Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico on February 25,1935, and named her Natividad Perez Colon. She grew up to be a wonderful friend and sister. She later moved to Camden, New Jersey where she met Carmelo Rivera. The two married and had seven children. Natividad had an amazing zest for life. She would brighten up the day with her smile and would touch everyone she met with her incredible charming personality. She enjoyed going to bingo with her close friends and would look forward to going to the casino with her children, which would become her passion. Natividad began to develop many medical illnesses throughout the years accompanied by repeated visits to the hospital. She engaged in what proved to be her final visit as she succumbed to her many illnesses and passed away surrounded by all of her children and family by her bedside on September 28, 2016. Natividad is preceded in death by her husband, the late Carmelo Rivera and her son the late Carmelo Rivera Jr. She is survived by her four daughters, Marisela "Eva" Allen, Juanita Rivera, Carmen Ibarrondo, Ramonita Stewart, her three sons, Jose Rivera, Edwin Rivera and Jorge Colon. She is also survived by her grandchildren; Raymond, George, Sammy, Joel, Selena, Jennifer, Michael, Britney, Dora, Julian, Leslie, Mariah, William, Edwin Jr., Khyre, Shaylond, J'Laya, Jaden, and her three great grandsons; baby Edwin, Josiah, baby Michael, and a host of nieces and nephews, daughters and sons in law and many other relatives and friends. Relatives and friends are invited to the Visitation and Funeral on Thursday from 7 to 9 PM and Friday from 8:15 to 9:15 AM at the Falco/Caruso & Leonard Camden Funeral Home, 3425 River Avenue. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 AM at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 642 Market Street in Camden. Interment will follow at Locustwood Memorial Park in Cherry Hill.