- Date Of Birth: October 7, 1949
- Date Of Death: September 25, 2021
- City: Okeechobee
- State: Florida
J. Nieves Arreaga, 71
Okeechobee – J. Nieves Arreaga died September 25, 2021. He was born October 7, 1949 in Guanajuato, Mexico. He enjoyed farming, collecting tractors, and spending time with his grandchildren and chickens.
Mr. Arreaga was preceded in death by his parents, Jose Arriaga and Margarita Gonzalez; siblings, Juan Arriaga, Ramona Arriaga, and Macrina Arriaga; children, Tanislau Arraiga and Jose Arriaga I.
He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Raquel Aguilar, of Okeechobee; sons, Fermin Arriaga, of Okeechobee, Jesus Arreaga, of North Carolina, and Jose Arreaga, of Okeechobee; daughters, Melania Trejo, of Maryland, Irma Arriaga, of Wisconsin, Araceli Arriaga, of Jacksonville, Margarita Arriaga, of Georgia, Margarita Arriaga, of Georgia, Rosa Houghten, of Live Oak, and Lety Garcia, of Okeechobee; 23 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; brothers, Concepcion Arriaga, of Georgia, Bacilio Arriaga, of Immokalee, and Juan Arriaga, II, of Mexico; and sisters, Maria del Carmen Arriaga, and Ma. Esther Arriaga, both of Mexico.
