Rudy Rivera

Funeral Services for Rudy Rivera, 63, Clinton resident will be held 2:00 pm, Saturday, March 4, 2023 in the Edge Church, officiated by Easton Page. Burial will follow in the Clinton Cemetery under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home.

The family will greet guests 5:00 pm till 7:00 pm, Friday, March 3, 2023, in the Kiesau Memorial Chapel.

Rodolfo “Rudy” Castillo Rivera was born August 2, 1959, to Silvestre Rivera and Caterina (Castillo) Rivera in Wild Rose, Wisconsin and passed away Thursday, March 2, 2023, in the Oklahoma University Medical Center in Oklahoma City, OK.

Rudy was raised in Clinton, OK where he graduated from Clinton High School in 1979. He attended Burns Flat Vocational School while in high school and received his welding certificate. He was a self-employed welder for over 34 years until he medically retired.

He married Lorie Ernst on March 20, 1996, in Pagosa Springs, CO and they made Clinton, Oklahoma their home.

He was a faithful and active member of the Edge Church and will be missed meeting and greeting those at the front door; he loved the outdoors, riding his Harley Davidson, shooting pool and stock car racing.

He was preceded in death by his parents, brother, Jessie Acosta and two sister, Dora Acosta and Josefina Pineda.

He is survived by his wife, Lorie, of the home, two daughters, Jasmin Rivera, Tulsa and Eden Rivera, Oklahoma City, OK, four brothers, Silvestre Rivera, Jr., and wife, Anna, San Antonio, TX, Juan Acosta and wife, Elizabeth, Clinton, Frank Acosta, Clinton and Robert Rivera and wife, Terri, Clinton, his mother-in-law, Jane Ernst, Clinton.