Norma Rivera Solis was born on May 12, 1939 in Patillas, Puerto Rico the daughter of Carolina and Celestino Rivera. Mrs. Solis was preceded in death by her mom and dad; her brother Angel Luis Rivera, and her son Jose Antonio Solis.
Mrs. Solis moved to New York City to live a better life with her aunt Minga. In a matter of months, she met her husband Mr. Pablo Solis Aka (Chema). They fell in love and married shortly after. Through their 62yrs of marriage, they overcame anything through the good and the bad. They have five sons and three daughters, Pablo Jr, Hector, Jose/Joey, Nilda, Norma(aka Iris), Miguel, Robertito, and Carmen. She also had eleven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Mrs. Solis loved to cook. She cooked for her family on all occasions. Fridays and Saturdays were her days off because she looked forward to eating KFC or eating chicken wings from a Chinese Restaurant. She would smile & say, (Yummy). Mrs. Solis was an amazing cook. Her pernil (Roast Pork), arroz con gandules (Yellow rice with pigeon peas) and her children's favorite, alcapurias ( Fried Fritters) were some of the many dishes she made and they were all delicious. The family looked forward to their mother's cooking.
Mrs. Solis had a great memory. Through these past difficult 10 months, she still knew everyone's birthdays, and the time they were born, including all her grandkids & great grandkids.
Mrs. Solis loved her Salsa. She played her music while she was cooking or cleaning and danced to it as well. Some of her favorite artist was Oscar De Leon, Johnny Ventura, El Gran Combo. Johnny Pacheco, Celia Cuz and so on. She had all their albums.
Mrs. Solis also loved playing her numbers, scratch offs, and bingo. Mrs. Solis loved going to Bravo Supermarket because she could give them her numbers without having to fill out the lotto slip. Norma wouldn't care how many people were behind her waiting to play. When accompanied by one of her children they would tell her, "mami hay gente esperando", (mami there is people waiting) her response, ”que me importa a mi", (I don't care) lol. Walmart was another one of her favorite shopping centers. She loved the pepperoni pizza from Walmart.
Lastly, Norma was a diehard METs fan. She knew every player’s name. She would yell in excitement when her team won and addressed her dislikes when her team lost. As a tribute to Mrs. Solis, her family will be wearing her favorite team colors, the New York METS.
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