Marguerita ‘Marti’ Rivera Johansen, age 38, of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan died unexpectedly on Thursday, March 5, 2015.  Marti was born on April 8, 1976 in Lansing, Michigan, the daughter on Augusta Rivera Cotto and Violet Walinda Green.  On May 25, 2007, she married Ronald George Johansen in Mt. Pleasant.  She was a resident of Mt. Pleasant for the past eleven years.

     Marti was a member of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians.  She enjoyed beadwork, collecting owls, going to the casino and her puppies and cats. 

     Survivors include her husband, Ronald; her children, Patricia Marie Green and Jospeh Allen Hathaway, both of Lansing, James Lewis Johansen and Dayna Marie Johansen, both of Mt. Pleasant; her mother, Violet Green of Mt. Pleasant; her father Agusto Cotto of Lansing; four step grandchildren, Annie, Clara, Addison and Quinton; her brother, Augusta Green of Lansing; her sister Luisa Green of Mt. Pleasant; several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.  Marti was preceded in death by her grandparents, James, who was a member of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe and Anna Green, who was a member of the Little River Band of the Ottawa Indian Tribe.

     Funeral services celebrating Marti’s life will be held on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. from the Faith Indian Church of the Nazarene with Rev. Doyle Perry officiating.  Friends will gather with the family on Monday from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at the Rowley Funeral Home and again on Tuesday from 1 p.m. until time of the service at the church.  Burial will take place in Delwin Cemetery, Denver Township, Isabella County, Michigan.