Dolores D. Rivard, age 94, of Bradley, passed away Friday, February 1, 2019, at her home at Riverside Senior Living in Kankakee.
Cremation Rites have been accorded. A memorial visitation will be held 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 6, 2019, at Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home in Bourbonnais. A memorial visitation will also be held from 10:00 a.m. until the 11:00 a.m. memorial Mass on Thursday, February 7, 2019, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bradley. Rev. Charles Wheeler will celebrate the Mass. Inurnment will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Kankakee.
Dolores was born November 10, 1924, in Salix, Iowa, the daughter of Alfred & Malvina Hubert Remillard. She married Louis T. Rivard on October 2, 1948, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Kankakee.
Dolores retired from JR Short Milling in Kankakee. She was a volunteer with St. Mary’s Auxiliary.
Dolores had been a Eucharistic Minister at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church. She was very strong in her faith and always had her rosary. Her favorite saints were St. Joseph and St. Jude. She was a parishioner of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bradley.
Dolores had a very unique sense of humor and was proud that she never pumped her own gasoline her entire life. She loved her family, especially her grandchildren. She enjoyed dogs (including her grand-dogs), traveling, watching the birds, and was a Chicago Bulls fan.
Surviving are her husband, Louis Rivard of Bradley; one son & daughter-in-law, David & Deborah Rivard of Kankakee; one daughter and son-in-law, Judith & Gary Wolfe of Bourbonnais; three grandchildren, Sarah Rivard of Kankakee, Rebecca Rivard of Las Vegas, NV, and Michael Wolfe of Zionsville, IN; and one sister-in-law, Madonna Heeger of Bourbonnais.
She is preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Hubert Remillard; and one sister, Evelyn Linnabary.
Memorials may be made to St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bradley
