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Visitation:
None
Service:
None - Burial will at Holy Cross Cemetery on
September 6
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Obituary
Former Lincoln resident, Dr. Horacio R. Rivero
(Doc), passed away Friday, July 18, 2014 in Fort
Myers, Florida, at the age of 96.
Dr. Rivero was born in Havana, Cuba, on March 4,
1918, the son of Regino and Milagros (Garcia) Rivero.
He married the former Janet Easley on August 17,
1979, in Lincoln, who survives as well as one son,
Daniel A. Rivero, and one stepdaughter, Melinda
Graber. He is also survived by 3 grandsons, Roger
Bridges, Matthew and Andrew Rivero; one step
granddaughter; Brittney Edwards; one great
granddaughter, Alexis, one great grandson, Andrew,
and two step great granddaughters, Abriana and
Brooklynn
Doc was predeceased by his parents, one son, Michael
A. Rivero, one daughter, Josephine Bridges, and one
step grandson, Jeremy Simpson.
He attended schools in Havana, graduating from the
Medical School of the University of Havana in 1945.
He practiced medicine in a small town in Cuba for 3
years, then did a rotating internship at the
Samaritan Hospital in Troy, New York. He became a
naturalized citizen, became licensed to practice
medicine in Illinois, then opened a solo practice in
Mason City, Illinois, in 1951. He was commissioned
in the United States Air Force in June of 1956 as a
Major/Flight Surgeon, being honorably discharged in
June of 1958 and was very proud of serving in the
USAF.
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Upon his discharge from the Air Force, Dr. Rivero
moved to Lincoln, where he opened a medical practice
at 914 Broadway, closing his office on October 31,
1984. Doc was also a staff physician at the Lincoln
Developmental Center for 9 years. In April of 1995,
he was inducted into the Fifty Year Club of the
Illinois State Medical Society. He had served as
President of the Logan County Medical Society in
1973-1974. Dr. Rivero was one of the attending
Medical Staff when Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital
opened in 1952.
In October of 1994, Doc and Janet moved to the Fort
Myers area of Florida, where he enjoyed many years
of retirement. Dr. Rivero's body will be cremated
and his ashes will be buried next to his son,
Michael, in Holy Cross Cemetery on September 6.
Local arrangements entrusted to
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln.
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