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MARIA TERESA GARCIA RIVERA

  • 63 years old
  • Born Oct 04, 1943
  • Died Jun 09, 2007
  • HOUSTON, Texas, United States
THIS IS A PAGE FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO SHARE MEMORIES, WITH OUR BELOVED GREAT MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AUNT, FRIEND, AND GODLY WOMEN.
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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.

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MICHIGAN LAKE DAY

CLAUDIA041969 Jun 22, 2009

AS WE WERE GROWING UP IN CHICAGO, SHE WOULD ROTATE TAKING US KIDS TO MICHIGAN LAKE ON HER DAY OFF, WE WOULD MISS SCHOOL AND GO EAT AT A PIZZA PLACE, THAT WAS THE BEST PIZZA EVER. WE WOULD WALK AT MICHIGAN LAKE DOWN TOWN CHICAGO, AND GO EAT ITALIAN LEMON ICECREAM. WILL NVEER FORGET THOSE DAYS WITH HER.

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