Walter Joseph Rivers

August 20, 1920 - May 29, 2005

WALTER J0SEPH RIVERS AGE 84 OF FOXBORO DIED AT EPOCH SENIOR HEALTH CARE IN NORTON.. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE JOSEPH AND THERESA (PLACE) RIVERS.

WALTER WAS BORN IN NEW BEDFORD ON AUGUST 20 1920. HE GRADUATED FROM WENTWORTH INSTITUTE AND NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC IN BOSTON. HE AND HIS WIFE YOLANDA (BUCCHIENARI) WERE MARRIED ON JULY 16, 1955. WALTER WAS A FISCAL AGENT FOR THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK IN BOSTON AND RETIRED IN FEBRUARY OF 1985 AFTER 40 YEARS. HE PLAYED DRUM, TRUMPET AND HARMONICA DURING THE “BIG BAND ERA” WITH SEVERAL OF THE BIG BANDS. HE WAS A WOOD CARVER AND A WHITTLER AS WELL AS A HOME HANDY MAN. HE WAS A DEVOTED HUSBAND AND FATHER.

BELOVED FATHER OF JOSEPH RIVERS OF SHARON, STEPHEN RIVERS OF PEMBROKE, ELISA MANGANO, ANDREA BLAIS AND JOHN RIVERS OF FOXBORO, MADELYN CHEETHAM OF LINCOLN, RI AND ROBERT RIVERS OF CUMBERLAND. BROTHER OF THE LATE ARTHUR RIVERS, MILDRED WILLIAMS AND DOROTHY RIVERS. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY SEVENTEEN GRANDCHILDREN.
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Funeral Information

CALLING HRS. AT THE ROBERTS AND SONS FUNERAL HOME 30 SOUTH ST. FOXBORO ON WED. JUNE 1 FROM 4 TO 8 PM. FUNERAL ON THURS. JUNE 2 AT 8 AM AT THE FUNERAL HOME FOLLOWED BY A FUNERAL MASS AT 9 AM AT ST. MARY’S CHURCH, CARPENTER ST. FOXBORO

Donations Information

IF YOU WISH DONATIONS IN HIS MEMORY MAY BE MADE TO THE MASS. ASSOC. FOR THE BLIND 200 IVY ST. BROOKLINE, MA 02445.