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Yolanda Yvette Lafayette

Mahwah Parents Mourn 'Fighter' Twin Dante Rivera, 8 Months Mahwah Parents Mourn 'Fighter' Twin Dante Rivera, 8 Months
Mahwah Parents Mourn 'Fighter' Twin Dante Rivera, 8 Months MAHWAH, N.J. — Dante Malik Rivera of Mahwah died on Dec. 14, leaving his twin sister, Ariyah Monet Rivera. He was eight months old. "Dante was by nature a fighter," his obituary says. "He fought a good fight." He is survived by his parents, Yolanda Yvette Lafayette and Jorge Rivera, of Mahwah; siblings, Amya Beauvais, Emily Rivera and Isaiah Rivera ; grandparents Elmore and Mary Joyce Wilson; great-grandparents Estelle Ratliff of Louisiana and Sally Wilson; and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins and other family members. "Dante was loved by many and will be remembere…