Joan Genevieve Rivers Obituary

It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Joan Genevieve Rivers in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, who passed away at the age of 94, on June 9, 2022. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Joan Genevieve Rivers to show support.

She was loved and cherished by many people including : her children, Connie Sharp (Bill) of Polk City, Iowa, Dillman E. Benton III of Rio Rancho and David B. Benton (Janis) of Salinas, Ecuador; her stepchildren, Guy Rivers and Shari McCarthy; her grandchildren, Christopher Sharp, Rachel Benton and Tera Benton; her great grandchildren, Kyle Benton, Jakob C. Bell, Hunter Bell and Ian Sharp; her former life partner Dillman "Mike" Benton Jr.; her husband Stirman "Lee" Rivers; her son Barrie Rivers; her parents, Jessie Purvis and Manfred Waldron; her sister Vickey (Marvin); her nieces, Janis, Mildred, Laura Sue and Debbie; and also, Marcella, Ed, Mary Ellen, Nancy, Eddie, Rose Marie, Omega, Savannah and Ernesto (Claudia). She was also cherished by her loving friends and family.