NEW : `` My mom would fight any battle for us and for her honor , '' the singer 's son says . NEW : Mourners pray in silence for victims of last week 's school shooting in Connecticut . Photos showing Rivera with her family flashed in the background . Manager : `` Jenni ... made it OK to be from nothing with the hopes of being something '' she was a beautiful person who had so much love inside that you could see it on every page of her book'" said one friend.
NEW : `` My mom would fight any battle for us and for her honor , '' the singer 's son says . NEW : Mourners pray in silence for victims of last week 's school shooting in Connecticut . Manager : `` Jenni ... made it OK to be from nothing with the hopes of being something '' she was a beautiful person who had so much love inside that you could see it on every page of her book'" said one friend.