Ollie Mitchell

Ollie Mitchell, 100 years old, of Kankakee, IL, passed away Monday, June 8, 2020 while residing with her granddaughter in Chicago, IL. Visitation will be Saturday, June 13, 2020 from 10:00 A. M. until 11:00 A. M. at Lax Mortuary. Funeral services will be private to the family. Pastor K. Edward Copeland will officiate. Burial will be in Momence Cemetery. Ollie Mitchell was born January 2, 1920 in Chicago, IL and lived most of her early years there. In those years, there were two boys born, William and Ronald. At the age of seventeen, she confessed hope in Christ at the Salem Baptist Church and served as an usher and a nurse. Later in life, she married Jarrett Mitchell and born to this union were two sons, Jarrett Mitchell and Solomon Mitchell. They were blessed with an adopted son, Michael Mitchell. She and her family moved from Chicago, IL to Hopkins Park, IL where she lived for 39 years. She joined the Greater St. Paul Baptist Church of Hopkins Park where she sang in the choir for nineteen years. While members of Greater St. Paul Church, she and her husband started a Boy Scouts Club and served as a Den Mother for the Cub Scouts and as a leader for Girl Scouts and Brownies starting in July 1989. She was also a member of the Eastern Star East Gate 94. After the death of her husband, she moved from Hopkins Park, IL to Kankakee, IL. On July 23, 1989 she joined the Morning Star Baptist Church where she served as a Deaconess. She loved gospel music. The songs she loved so well in life included: “It is Well With My Soul,” “God Will Take Care of You,” “His Eye is on the Sparrow,” Your Grace and Mercy Brought Me Through,” “When I Come to the End of My Journey” and When the Roll is Called Up Yonder, I’ll Be There.” She leaves to cherish her memory, four sons and one daughter-in-law, William Hollis of Dolton, IL, Ronald Hollis of Chicago, IL, Jarrett and Laura Mitchell Jr. of Kankakee, IL and Michael Mitchell of Mesa, AZ; special ‘daughter,’ Bonnie Tolliver, and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband; one son, Solomon Mitchell, and her siblings, Parthenia, Chauncy, Ruth, Charlie and Mollie.

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Ollie Mitchell

January 2, 1920 - June 8, 2020