San Joaquin-Tulare County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Easter, Cordie Lorraine Pearson Sims August 5 2004 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/obits/obitsca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Davis-Holman Cis1052@aol.com August 9, 2004, 11:07 am The Record August 8, 2004 Stockton Cordie Lorraine Pearson Sims Easter January 15, 1932 - August 5, 2004 Cordie Lorraine Pearson Sims Easter, 72, passed away Thursday, August 5, 2004, in Stockton, CA. She was born January 15, 1932 in Tulare, CA. Cordie became an Elementary School Teacher after working for the Federal Civil Service for six years. She taught for several years and moved up to Vice Principal where she served in that position for three years. She retired from the Stockton Unified School District in June 1991 after serving as an Elementary Principal for fourteen years. She remained an advocate for all children and maintained a commitment to the betterment of children. Aside from her family and profession, she was involved in her children's and grandchildren's PTAs; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and other community organizations. She was preceded in death by her son, Elder Rodney E. Sims. Survivors include her beloved husband Elder O'Dell Easter, Sr.; children, William Sims and Karen Sims-Ontiveros of Stockton, CA; Carol Massoud of Canoga Park., CA, Claudia James of Phoenix, AZ and Larry Sims of Oakland, CA; grandchildren, Brooke Sims, Laren Gomez, Felicia Gomez, Kristina Sims, Willem Sims, Jesse Gomez, and Jose Ontivareos, Jaylin McCuff and Angel Carter; great- grandsons, Evan Smith Gomez, Johnathon Powell; one daughter-in-law, Denise Sims; brother, Cecil Pearson; one nephew, Craig Pearson; one niece, Deborah Burisse, all of Stockton and one aunt, Mrs. Willie Mae Graven of Los Angeles and a host of cousins, other relatives and friends. Family and friends are invited to attend a viewing from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Monday, August 9, 2004 at Wallace-Martin Funeral Home, 520 N. Sutter Street. Funeral Service at 11:00 a.m., August 10, 2004 at Christ Temple Apostolic Faith Church, 1616 E. Main Street, Stockton. Committal: Cherokee Memorial Park, Lodi, CA. Wallace-Martin Funeral Home in care of arrangements. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/sanjoaquin/obits/ob678easter.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/caobfiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb