NAME: MARY MARGARET (BURNS) STRONGMAN, AGE 75, OF ATOKA, OK.

BORN: JULY 10, 1921 AT DECATUR, ILLINOIS TO CLIFFORD FLETCHER AND LUCILLE BURNS. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1996 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX. AGE: 75 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 27 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT DECATUR, ILLINOIS. MARRIED: JACK STRONGMAN ON JULY 22, 1940 AT DECATUR, ILLINOIS. OCCUPATION: VELMA WAS A HOUSEWIFE, HOMEMAKER, AND BEAUTY OPERATOR. CHURCH AFFILIATION: PENTECOSTAL FAITH. SHE LIKED NEEDLEPOINT, CROCHETING, BOWLING, AND DODGERS BASEBALL. SHE AND JACK MOVED TO THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA IN 1958 WHEN HIS JOB RELOCATED THEM. SHE MOVED TO OKLAHOMA IN 1992 TO BE NEAR HER DAUGHTER, LINDA. SURVIVED BY SON: LARRY STRONGMAN OF CALIFORNIA. DAUGHTER: LINDA COLE AND HUSBAND DONNIE OF ATOKA, OK. STARLEEN BARRIOS AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF ATOKA, OK. DREAMLET SANDERS OF CALIFORNIA. ROSEANA BEENE AND HUSBAND HUSTON OF CALIFORNIA. GRANDCHILDREN: LARRY STRONGMAN, JR. OF CALIFORNIA. LAURIE LUCIC OF VIRGINIA. MIKE GILMORE OF CALIFORNIA. SHELLY, COREY, AND JAIME SANDERS OF CALIFORNIA. CHRISTY MONEY OF CALIFORNIA. MICHAEL AND CHARITY BEENE OF CALIFORNIA. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: LARRY STRONGMAN III. ARREN STRONGMAN. AMBER STRONGMAN. JAMIE AND TIFFANY LUCIC. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: CLIFFORD FLETCHER. MOTHER: LUCILLE (BURNS) SCHOBY. HUSBAND: JACK STRONGMAN. GRANDSONS: RONNIE MCNEILL AND DENNIS STRONGMAN.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1996 AT 11:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: MINISTER ROSEANA BEENE.