[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 204 (Tuesday, December 19, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2397]
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                   TRIBUTE TO MRS. PEARL ALMA RIVERO

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, December 18, 1995

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Mrs. Pearl 
Alma Rivero, an outstanding individual who has devoted her life to her 
family and to serving her community. Mrs. Rivero will be celebrating 
her 70th birthday on Sunday in the company of her loving family and 
friends in Miami, FL.
  Mrs. Rivero is a native of New York City. She is the youngest of 
eight children born to Alexander and Ursula Shepard. She is the sister 
of Joseph Anthony Moniz, Vincent DePaul Moniz, Sylvia Patronella Moniz 
Nicholas, Ivy Eleanor Cristabel Moniz, Virella Santiago, Hyacinth 
Moniz, and Florin Moniz, Jr.
  On October 18, 1942, she married Louis Bouchet and was blessed with 
two daughters, Margo Maria Bouchet and Sandra Cecelia Bouchet.
  On August 1, 1959, Mrs. Rivero married Emil Joseph Rivero, with whom 
she celebrated 33 years of happiness until Emil's death on May 13, 
1993. Their marriage was blessed with the birth of three children, 
Maria Theresa Rivero, Angela Justine Rivero, and Emil John Rivero.
  Mrs. Rivero has four wonderful grandchildren, Betti-Rahkel Bouchet-
Williams, Derrick Boddie, Mychal Williams, and Cassandra Bankhead-
Williams.
  A devoted mother, Mrs. Rivero raised her family to be religious, 
sharing, and caring individuals.
  Mrs. Rivero has worked tirelessly to benefit her community and her 
church. She has served as a Eucharistic minister, lecturer, and a 
teacher of religious classes at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in 
the Bronx, and St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Miami, where she 
presently resides. Mrs. Rivero has also taught Bible classes at St. 
Ann's Nursing Home in Florida and currently serves as CORE member of 
the Divorced and Separated Ministry at St. John Neumann Catholic Church 
in Miami. She is a founding member of WINGS, a ministry serving the 
needs of widows, and has served as mediator for the Better Business 
Bureau in New York City.
  Mrs. Rivero has received accolades, acknowledgments, and awards from 
her community, including awards from the Better Business Bureau of New 
York and the committee on the handicapped from the New York Board of 
Education. She was also certified as a lay minister for the Archdiocese 
of Miami.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me and the family of Mrs. 
Pearl Alma Rivero in wishing her a happy 70th birthday and best wishes 
during this holiday season.

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