Linda (Lewis) Rivera, 66, a life-long resident of Brownsville, and daughter of Judge Harry Lewis and Jean Lewis of Brownsville, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 19, 2020. She died after long-suffered health issues in the same hospital she was born in 66 years ago in 1953.
Linda received a Bachelor of Science from Pan American College in Brownsville. She was teacher for Brownsville ISD since 1984, working at Oliveira Middle School with special needs students. Fluent in Spanish, Linda taught until her retirement in 2009. Linda was an avid fan of 1980’s disco music and loved to dance. She is survived by her sister Leslie (Lewis) Scibienski of Lake McQueeney, Texas and brother Don Lewis from Austin, Texas. Linda leaves many special and loving friends in Brownsville, including her very dear friend and companion for over 30 years, Herberto “Herb†Rivera.
A Mass of Remembrance will be held in Linda’s honor at St. Mary’s Catholic Church (1914 Barnard Rd., Brownsville) Saturday, February 22, 2020 at 5:30 PM and Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 9 A.M. Services are under the guidance of Sunset Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory. 657 Springmart Blvd., Brownsville, Texas. (956) 350-8485
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TO LINDA’S FAMILY I SEND MY MOST HEART FELT SORRY AT YOUR LOSS…HAVING ONLY KNOWN LINDA FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS & AT TAX TIME, WE HAD A GOOD TIME REMEMBERING ALOT OF THE SAME PEOPLE AS WE GREW UP IN THE SAME TIME FRAME…DUCK YOU REMEMBER MIKE GOODE???? I’M HIS SISTER BRENDA GOODE….HOW ME & LINDA NEVER CROSSED PATHS BACK THEN I DON’T KNOW…
I AM SO SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT LINDA, & I KNOW SHE HAD BEEN FEELING PRETTY BAD THE LAST TIME WE MET…
Y”ALL ARE IN MY THOUGHTS & PRAYERS….SINCERELY, BRENDA GOODE LENTZ
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