Funeral mass was offered Jan. 14 at St. Aloysius Church for Jose A. Rivera, 76. He died Jan. 11 at Christ Hospital. He was born in Cidra, Puerto Rico. He was an employee of the Jersey City Incinerator Authority. He was the father of Anna Rosado, Jose Rivera, Dorothy Rivera, Maribel Ortiz, Anaida Smith, Milagros Rivera and Joel Rivera; the grandfather of nine grand and four great-grandchildren; the brother of Carmen Luisa Sierra, Anna Delia Martinez, Teresa Alvarado, Josephina Saez and Ignacio Rivera; and uncle of many nieces and nephews. Services arranged by the Bromirski Funeral Home, Jersey City.