Esperanza Rivas Rodriguez

December 18, 1933 - September 10, 2020

Esperanza Rivas Rodriguez, 86, of Grand Prairie, Texas passed away on Thursday, September 10, 2020 in Arlington, Texas. Viewing will be held on Wednesday, September 16, 2020, from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Guerrero-Dean Funeral Home, 500 E. Main Street, Grand Prairie, Texas, with the rosary following at 7:00 p.m. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, September 17, 2020 at Guerrero-Dean Funeral Home and will proceed to Grand Prairie Memorial Gardens. Esperanza Rodriguez was born in Rio Grande City, Texas to Luciano and Rosalina Rivas on December 18, 1933. She graduated from Rio Grande High school and married the love of her life Martin Rodriguez Jr. on March 3, 1962 in Rio Grande City, Texas. She worked as a nurse practitioner at Rodriguez Hospital in Rio Grande City, Texas from 1954-1963. Esperanza loved to bake, read, knitting, camping, fishing, bird feeding, and the casino. She was proceeded in death by her parents, Lucanio and Rosalina Rivas, her siblings, Jesus Rivas, Graciela Rivas, Lupe Rivas, Gumaro Rivas and her son, Alberto Luis Rodriguez. Esperanza is survived by her husband, Martin Rodriguez Jr. and children, Daniel Rivas and wife, Mary Rivas, Irene TenEyck and husband, Jeff TenEyck, Martin Rodriguez, III, Carmen Rodriguez, and Oscar Rodriguez and wife, Kim Rodriguez, grandchildren, Daniel Rivas, Aaron Rivas, Shonda Poindexter, Russell Poindexter, Jennifer Rodriguez, Angelica Flores, Abraham Flores, Justin Rodriguez, Joanna Rodriguez, Ruben Rodriguez, Lucanio Rodriguez, and Amanda Rodriguez, eleven great-grandchildren, Baylee, Haidyn, Grayson, Hailey, Jordan, Haley, Ashton, Izael, Damoni, Arianna and Anya and one great-great grandchild Bella Rose.