Olen Dean Berrong

Funeral services for Olen D. Berrong, 90, Clinton businessman, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 18, 2015, in the First Baptist Church, officiated by Robin Palesano of Oklahoma City and Chris Fields of the First Baptist Church. Burial will conclude in the Clinton Cemetery, under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home.

The family will greet guests from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. today (Tuesday, March 17, 2015) in the Kiesau Memorial Chapel.

Olen Dean Berrong was born to Abbie and Cortez Fernando Berrong on July 11, 1924 in Custer City. He moved with his family to Clinton in 1931, at the age of seven, where he lived until his death on March 15, 2015.

He accepted Jesus Christ as his savior in 1935 and through the years at First Baptist he served as a Deacon for 50 years, a Sunday School Teacher, and served as Church Secretary and Treasurer for 40 years.

Berrong was preceded in death by his wife of 50 years, Dorothy Berrong; his mother and father Abbie and Cortez Fernando Berrong; his sister, Loleta Teems; and two brothers, Leon Berrong and Leo Berrong.

Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, David Dean Berrong, and his wife, Janice, of Clinton; his daughter and son-in-law Nancy and Harold Wilbanks of Graham Texas; grandsons, Jonathan Dean Berrong, and his wife, Lacey, of Weatherford, Blaine Wilbanks, and his wife, Taylor, of Fort Worth, Texas, Granddaughters Marissa Berrong of South Korea, and Audra Winter and her husband Matt of Fort Worth, Texas. Other survivors include four great-grandsons Asher, Aiden, Lawson, and Alden; one great-granddaughter on the way, Dru.

The family suggests memorial contributions in his honor may be made to First Baptist Church, Clinton.

(Paid Obituary)