R. Marcel LaRiviere, 90, of Raleigh died Friday morning, January 2, 2015. A funeral Mass will take place Wednesday, January 7 at 11am at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 2718 Overbrook Drive in Raleigh. Burial will follow at the Oakwood Cemetery.

A native of Providence, Rhode Island, Marcel was a systems analyst for Nortel Networks Corporation when he retired in 1994. He began his career at the BIF Corporation in Providence where he worked for 23 years and also worked for the City of Warwick, Rhode Island and for the Speidel Corporation in Providence. Marcel was a lifetime member of the Knights of Columbus.

He is survived by his wife Mary Roberta (Zefaro) LaRiviere and their four children, Paul R. LaRiviere of Barrington, Rhode Island, Mark L. LaRiviere of Greenwich, Connecticut, Andrew R. LaRiviere and Jeanne Marie (LaRiviere) Driver, both of Fuquay Varina, North Carolina and by their sixteen grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He is also survived by his sister, M. Lorraine (LaRiviere) Blankenship of Defuniak Springs, Florida.

Visitation hours will be held on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at the Renaissance Funeral Home, 7615 Six Forks Road in Raleigh from 6—8pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Sacred Heart Southern Missions, Walls, MS 38686 or online at www.shsm.org