Obituaries today: Angela Rivera was dress maker in New York garment district, longtime Westfield resident

Obituaries from The Republican.

Angela Rivera

Angela Rivera, 79, of Westfield, died Sunday. She was born in Samana, Dominican Republic, and moved in 1947 to New York, where she worked as a dress maker in the garment district. She had been a resident of Westfield since 1954. In 1963 she married Alberto Rivera, who died in 1995. She was a caretaker for many local children and a parishioner of St. Mary's Church.

Obituaries from The Republican:

• Bator, Adele (Dyl)
  




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  Edelding, Helen M. (Dudek)
  



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  Hall, Faye Etta (Prouty)




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  Joyal, Jeanne M.
  



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  Katawicz, Ellen A. (Furey)
  




• Korvek, Mary-Ellen
  




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  Marek, Joseph E.
  



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  Parsons, Nancy H. (Fitzgerald)




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  Rivera, Angela
  



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  Russo, Patrick F. "Pat"
  




• Sandberg, Richard P.
  




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  Shumway, Richard W.
  



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  Smith Sr., Lyman "Paul"




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  Sondej, Ernest
  



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  Tessier Jr., Martin L. and Kathleen A. (O'Brien)
  




• Wiencek, Elizabeth B. "Betty" (Bean)