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Submitted by: Ann Weber

Dr. Ana Rivera-Cruz

Jan 10, 1936 ~ Mar 10, 2014

Dr. Ana Rivera-Cruz was born on January 10, 1936 in Santurce, Puerto Rico to Pedro Rivera Massanet and Petra Rodriguez de la Cruz. She died on March 10, 2014 in Lawton, OK at the age of 78.

Dr. Rivera-Cruz was raised and attended school in Puerto Rico. After graduation from high school, she was accepted at the Madrid School of Medicine in Madrid, Spain where she attended classes from 1956-1965. After receiving her Doctor of Medicine and Surgery degree, Dr. Rivera-Cruz spent three years at the Collage of Natural Sciences at the University of Puerto Rico prior to her internship at Lakewood City Hospital in Lakewood, Ohio. She then accepted a position as a Resident and General Surgeon at University Hospital, a division of Puerto Rico Medical Center. Dr. Rivera-Cruz filled a number of positions through the years including Assistant Chief of Surgery at Bayamon Regional Hospital and as a General Surgeon in a private practice in Santa Cruz, Puerto Rico before moving to Oklahoma and working as a General Surgeon at the Indian Hospital in Lawton. Dr. Rivera-Cruz retired in 1999 with accomplishments in General Surgery, administering Hyperallimentation, and additional training at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. Dr. Rivera-Cruz never married or had children; practicing medicine was the love of her life.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Ramon.

Survivors include her brother, Rafael Rivera-Cruz of Cache, OK, and a sister, Lucy R. Leach of Glendale, CA. Dr. Rivera-Cruz's guestbook may be signed and condolences sent by visiting: www.whineryhuddleston.com .

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