Notes for: Ollie Emma Berdine
From Ronny Bodine:
Obituary, The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, Calif.) of 18 April 2001.
RAYMOND KISE STRONG, 84, died Monday at his home in San Bernardino. Born in Agra, Kan., Mr. Strong lived in San Bernardino 54 years. He was a carman for 28 years for Santa Fe Railway. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II. He was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church, the St. Bernardine Medical Center Auxiliary, the Elks San Bernardino Lodge 836, the American Cancer Society and the Santa Fe Retirement Club. Mr. Strong is survived by his wife, Ollie; two sons, Denney of Hesperia and Darrell of San Bernardino; two granddaughters; two great-grandsons; and a sister, Frieda Klinzman of Kansas. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Immanuel Baptist Church in Highland. Friends may call from 3 until 7 p.m. Thursday at Bobbitt Memorial Chapel in San Bernardino. Interment will be in Mt. View Cemetery in San Bernardino.
Obituary, The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, Calif.) of 2 April 2017.
Ollie entered into Heaven on March 27, 2017. She was born on October 16, 1920 to Bill and Ethel Berdine in Phillipsburg County, KS. She married her high school sweetheart, Raymond Strong, on June 1, 1940. They shared 61 years together. She taught 30 years as an elementary school teacher for the San Bernardino City Unified School District. She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church, the Women's Club of San Bernardino and the California Teachers Association. In her retirement years, she volunteered for the St. Bernardine's Hospital Auxiliary. She and her husband also enjoyed traveling all over the world. Ollie was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Francis Berdine; as well as her husband, Ray. Survivors include her two sons, Darrell and Denney (Nancy) Strong; 2 granddaughters, Kimberly (Mark) Atmore and Joanna (Rick) Branson; 3 great-grandchildren, Nick and Sam Atmore and Kimberly Branson. Ollie lived in San Bernardino since 1947 and she loved this city and her many friends here. Services will be held on Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 11:00 am at Bobbitt Memorial Chapel, 1299 E. Highland Ave, San Bernardino, CA. Interment will follow at Mt. View Cemetery, 570 E. Highland Ave, San Bernardino, CA.
Burials in Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino, San Bernadino County, California.
(For grave marker photo see Find A Grave Memorial No. 152710551)
STRONG Dad RAYMOND K. 1917---2001 Mother OLLIE E. 1920---