David Ohlerking, Sr.

David Paul Ohlerking, Sr., of Prairieville, Louisiana, went to be with Jesus on October 13, 2010. He was in his beloved Africa when he passed away as a result of pulmonary heart failure. He was born on Valentines Day, 1940, in Eagle Grove, Iowa, the third of four sons of Fred and Leona Ohlerking. After a short time of trying hard to be an atheistas he described it, he surrendered to Jesus and spent the rest of his life going everywhere telling everybody about the love of Jesus. Over the last four decades, he went to 109 countries on six continents. He led ministry and relief projects in some of the hardest situations our world has known: the Vietnam War, famine in Sudan and Ethiopia, wars in Africa and Asia, the AIDS crisis and devstation from natural disasters in Asia, Central America and Africa. Only God knows how many hundred of thousands of children he cared for, giving them food, clothing, medicine, education, and ultimately, hope. He did it all to tell them that Hopes name is Jesus. He is survived by his wife, Jeantogether they enjoyed 51 years of marriage that began on Valentines Day, 1959. Also, their four children, David II, Dan and his wife, Vicki, Susan and her husband, Ben, and Joshua and his wife, Shannon. He was very quick to share his pride in having 13 grandchildren who made him PopTori, JD, David, III, Kayla, Lincoln, Levi, Vaughn, Monroe, Monet, Trinity, Rhodes, Rhett, and Marley. And there are literally thousands of children worldwide who knew him as Pop. Everyone is invited to a memorial celebration of his life of obedience to the call of God: Saturday, October 23, 2010, at Healing Place Church 19202 Highland Road in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Visitation will begain at 9:00a.m. and a memorial service at 11:00a.m. A graveside service will follow at Resthaven Gardens of Memory 11817 Jefferson Highway in Baton Rouge. To honor his deepest wishes, his family has set up the Dave Ohlerking Memorial Fund at Childrens Cup www.childrenscup.org, PO Box 400 Prairieville, Louisiana 70769 to benefit the hurting and forgotten children in the hard places of the world.

Visitation

Healing Place Church
19202 Highland Road
Baton Rouge, LA  70809
Saturday, October 23, 2010
9am

Service

Healing Place Church
19202 Highland Road
Baton Rouge, LA  70809
Saturday, October 23, 2010
11am

Cemetery

Resthaven Gardens of Memory
11817 Jefferson Highway
Baton Rouge, LA  70816

Memorial Contributions

http://www.childrenscup.org
at Children's Cup
Prairieville, LA  70769