Mercy Helen (Huerta) Rivera, 93, of Tucson passed away on 01 August 2016. Mercy was born in Tucson on 02 November 1922. She graduated from Tucson High School and attended classes at the University of Arizona. Mercy married and divorced Jose Leon Rivera (Deceased). Mercy had a career as an accountant for the City of Tucson. She was also self-employed. She ran the Kentucky Inn, a rooming house near the University of Arizona, and the Loretta House, a home near Country Club and Grant in Tucson. Mercy loved her children, her plants, her home, and the cabin in Alpine that she recently sold. Mercy is survived by her siblings Alice Rivera, Fresia Lopez, Josie Herrera, Conchita Fotinos, Dolores Carrillo, Armida Hann, Sister M. Benedicta, Roena Huerta, and Richard Huerta, her sons Martin Juan Rivera Sr (Susan), Ronald Alex Rivera, and Joseph Steve Rivera (Linda), her grandchildren, Yvonne Quintero, Martin Juan Rivera, Jr., Juanito Rivera, Pilar Rivera, Diego Rivera, Christina Rivera, Tony Rivera, and Miguel Rivera, her great grandchildren, her great, great grandchildren, and her many nieces and nephews. Mercy’s Rosary will be on 15 August 2016 at St Monica Catholic Parish, 212 W Medina Road in Tucson at 9:30 a.m. and her Mass will follow at 10:00 a.m. Mercy’s Celebration of Life will be on 15 August 2016 VFW Post 10015 at 5768 S Fontana Avenue in Tucson at 12:00 p.m.Arrangements under the direction of Funeraria Del Angel South Lawn, Tucson, AZ.
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