About
MARIA TERESA GARCIA RIVERA
WAS BORN IN ECUANDUREO MICHUACAN MEXICO. TO A FAMILY OF 4 GIRLS AND 3 BOYS.
MARRIED AT THE AGE OF 16 AND HAD 7 CHILDREN BY AGE 25. SHE MOVED TO THE USA, CHICAGO ILL IN 1971 WITH HER 7 CHILDREN.
LATER ON SHE ADDED 3 NEPHEWS AND RAISED THEM AS WELL.
SHE LIVED FOR HER FAMILY AND GAVE OF HERSELF WITHOUT RESERVES TPO THOSE AROUND HER.
SHE CAME TO THE LORD IN 1993, TO LIFE TABERNACLE 2950 BROADWAY AND WAS FILLED WITHT THE HOLY GHOST.
FROM THERE ON SHE CHANGED OUR LIVES AND TEACHED US TO SERVE GOD AND LOVE GOD WITH ALL OUR HEARTS AND MIND. SHE TAUGHT US BY EXAMPLE.
SHE WAS A PRAYER WARRIOR AND A WOMEN OF FAITH.
GOD, CHURCH AND FAMILY WERE HER PRIORITY. BIRTHDAYS WERE A BIG THING FOR HER AND SHE WOULD ORGANIZE THE PARTIES AND BE THE FIRST TO START THE EXCITEMENT.
SHE HAD A SPECIAL WAY OF MAKING US ALL FEEL LIKE HER FAVORITE.
WHEN SHE LEFT FROM THIS LIFE SHE LEFT 5 DAUGHTERS, 2 BIOLOGICAL SONS AND 2 ADOPTIVE SONS THERE WICVES AND HUSBANDAS, 27 GRANDCHILDREN, AND 5 GREAT GRNAD CHILDREN.
WE ALL MISS SO MUCH, SHE WAS THE MOOTO OF THE FAMILY, EVERYONE AT CHURC ADOPTED HER AS THERE GRAMMA, MOM, AND FRIEND.
Let your friends know you cared.
Add this Tribute to your Facebook page.
MICHIGAN LAKE DAY
CLAUDIA041969 Jun 22, 2009