Eddie Rivas - Dec. 10, 1966 - Apr. 11, 2015

 

We recently learned that our teammate and friend Eddie Rivas passed away a few days ago.  Eddie was on two JPL teams - The Dawgs and Team Norris. He also played with many of us in the Glendale city league. RIP, Eddie, we will all miss you on and off the field. Additional photos.

Obituary and service information is below as well as two donation routes.  

EDGAR RIVAS, beloved husband, father, and friend, passed away April 11, 2015 after a five and a half year battle with Multiple Myeloma.
Eddie was born in Babahoyo, Ecuador on December 10, 1966, and immigrated to the United States in 1972, settling in Brooklyn New York. A hard working student, precocious entrepreneur, and talented athlete, Eddie ran for the Hillcrest High School track team, and put himself through York College graduating with a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in 1992.

Eddie’s entrepreneurial spirit and love of competition remained mainstays in his life. He founded Rivas Sports Inc, which operates seven Pro Image Sports retail stores in Southern California, and continued to compete on the field in The Pasadena 30 year old and up Flag Football League and as a member of the J.P.L. softball team. Eddie also nurtured a love for art, which never deserted him. His eye for beauty found an outlet in the sketches he made throughout his life, and in his ability, in teaching art appreciation, to show others how to see beauty in the world around them.

But Eddie’s proudest achievement was the family he built with his wife Daisy. She survives him, as do his children Alyssa, Samantha, and Christopher. They are a living testament to his character, energy, and boundless love.

A visitation/viewing will be held on Tuesday April 14, from 5-8 PM at Cabot & Sons, 27 Chestnut St. Pasadena 91103.

A memorial mass will be held Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 10 AM, at Saint Philip The Apostle Catholic Church, 151 S. Hill Ave, Pasadena.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Eddie’s memory to the Edgar Rivas Scholarship Fund at Chandler School, 1005 Armada Drive, Pasadena, California 91103, or to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.
http://support.themmrf.org/site/TR?pxfid=35620&pg=fund&fr_id=1040 

 

Eddie's children made this beautiful collage.

 

 

 

 

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