Pedro De Castro Rivera Jr.

Judge (ret.) Pedro de Castro Rivera, Jr., 93 of Alaminos, Pangasinan passed away on April 2, 2023, surrounded by friends and loved ones. His remains lie in state at Funeraria Del Angel in National City, CA and will have viewing on Friday, April 14, 2023 for family members only from 10 AM - 12 NN and for friends, relatives, and family from 2 PM - 9 PM. The celebration of life will be held on Saturday, April 15, 2023 at the

First United Methodist Church in National City, CA from 10 AM - 11:30 AM.

Rivera lived a full and fruitful life in the Philippines where he was active in sports and professional circles. His love for tennis was imbibed by his five sons and became their passport to come to the United States. One of his sons, Oliver Tady Rivera, who now lives in Australia was a Philippine tennis champion at an early age.

A graduate of San Beda College (high school) and the Ateneo de Manila University (law), former Executive Assistant of the Secretary of Labor, Agapito Braganza and a Columbo Plan Study Travel grantee, and President of the Alaminos Varsitarian, Rivera migrated to the United States after his retirement as Municipal Judge of Alaminos. He was widowed from his first wife, devoted and loving, Patria Quimpo Tady of Sara, Iloilo in 2013. A chance encounter with Aurora Soriano Cudal in a social gathering of Pangasinenses that same year led to the rekindling of a relationship that started in the Philippines sixty years ago and eventual marriage solemnized at the Congregational Community Church in Chula Vista, CA.

Rivera is survived by his sons, Ray, Alex, Oliver, Percy, and Jerry Tady Rivera and daughter, Grace Tady Rivera-Malillos and his wife, Aurora Soriano Cudal, an active Filipino American community.