Paulita Rivera, age 88, was born in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico on July 31, 1935, and passed on April 10, 2024, surrounded by loving family. Paulita was the most loving wife of the late Genaro Rivera; beloved mother of Carmen (Dominick) Cuomo, Margarita (Daniel) Tokarz, and the late Jose Antonio Rivera; adoring grandmother of Joseph Anthony Cuomo, Andrea Marie Cuomo, James Anthony Tokarz, and Robert Joseph Tokarz; most adoring great-grandmother of Ariana Rose Guzman; dear daughter of the late Francisco & Maria Rivera; caring sister, aunt, cousin, Godmother and friend of many.