Robvania Yvonne Bland

Robvania Bland, 80, was born September 6, 1938. Mother and daughter, born to Luther Rufus Bland and Lila Frances Bland in Oklahoma City Oklahoma. She is survived by five children, Jimmy Darnell Thomas, Helena Yvette White, Lila Robvania Delancey, Jimmicorithain Thomas, Henrietta Denise Thomas; seven grand children and six great grandchildren; two brothers and one sister.

Our mom was a graduate of Jordan High School in 1954. She had career goals and achieved them always a hard working woman with a passion for caring and loving others a wonderful mother of five she begin her career in nursing. Several years passed and she began working for Los Angeles Unified School District for fifteen years as a cafeteria worker but that wasn’t enough for our mother she was such a had worker she begin along with our father, their own maintenance company in Hollywood California. After several years passed, her children now growing up, it was time for relocating, our mother moved to West Covina, California where she transferred districts and began working for Hacienda, La Puente Unified School District as lead cafeteria and supervisor she maintained her duties for further ten years and also still a home maker and mother. Raising at this time, two of the five children, she decided after living in West Covina, California she decided move to Riverside County. She again transferred to begin working for the Moreno Valley Unified School District where she held the position of campus supervisor for ten years and lead kitchen worker. In 2002 this hard working woman of day and night no matter what it took our mother did it…. she decided she wanted to go back to school and she did. In 1999 she begin going to real estate classes for Primerica Financial Services and in 2004 she had graduated receiving her license and certification as a Financial Agent and licensed Public Notary, “awesome mom” we were always so proud of the woman we’ve known all of our life as Mom, highly dedicated, loving provider and always a heart of giving. She retired in 2007 from the school and been residing in Las Vegas, Nevada for eight years she recently developed illness and in 2018 our sister Helena and her husband Terry White moved her back to California to be near her children where we all could care for her and with this, it was the Lords calling on her life, His will was to take His daughter home to be with Him.

Memorial service for Mom will be held at 1:00pm on Friday, February 22, 2109 at the Montecito Cypress Chapel, 24145 Barton Road, Loma Linda, CA 92354 followed by a repast thereafter in the hospitality room.

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OUR MOTHERS LOVE

A MOTHERS LOVE IS SOMETHING THAT NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN

IT IS MADE OF DEEP DEVOTION AND SACRIFICE AND PAIN,

IT IS ENDLESS AND UNSELFISH AND ENDURING

COME WHAT MAY. FOR NOTHING CAN DESTROY IT OR TAKE THAT LOVE AWAY...

IT IS PATIENT AND FORGIVING WHEN ALL OTHERS ARE FORSAKING,

AND IT NEVER FALTERS EVEN THOUGH THE HEART IS BREAKING……..

IT BELIEVES BEYOND BELIEVING, WHEN THE WORLD AROUND CONDEMNS,

AND IT GLOWS WITH ALL THE BEAUTY OF THE RAREST, BRIGHTEST GEMS….

IT IS FAR BEYOND DEFINING, IT DEFIES ALL EXPLANATION, AND IT STILL

REMAINS A SECRET LIKE THE MYSTERIES OF CREATION………

A MANY SPLENDORED MIRACLE

MAN CANNOT UNDERSTAND

AND ANOTHER WONDROUS EVIDENCE

OF GOD’S TENDER GUIDING HAND

BY: DAUGHTER LILA DELANCEY

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FROM DAUGHTER

TO MY MOTHER

BECAUSE I FEEL THAT THE HEAVENS ABOVE

THE ANGELS WHISPERING ONE TO ANOTHER, CAN FIND AMONG THEIR

BURNING TERMS OF LOVE,

NONE AS DEVOTIONAL AS THAT OF “MOTHER LOVE”

THEREORE BY THAT DEAR NAME

I HAVE LONGED TO CALL YOU,

YOU HAVE BEEN MORE THAN A MOTHER UNTO ME,

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS TOO….

AND FILLED MY HEART OF HEARTS,

WHERE DEATH INSTALLED YOU.

IN SETTING MY SPIRIT FREE.

MY MOTHER –MY OWN MOTHER, WHO DIED

VERY SUDDENLY

WAS BUT THE MOTHER, OF MYSELF; BUT YOU

ARE MY MOTHER TO THE ONE I LOVED SO DEARLY,

AND THUS ARE DEARER THAN THE MOTHER I KNEW

AND THAT INFINITY WITH WHICH MY LIFE

WAS DEARER TO MY SOUL THAT IT’S SOUL-LIFE

TO MY MOTHER: ROBVANIA H. BLAND

FROM: DAUGHTER LILA

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MY NANNA

TO MY NANNA A.K.A. (LITTLE BOOTS)

YOU’RE THE HEART OF THE FAMILY WE ARE BLESSED

THAT YOU ARE WATCHING OVER US

WE KNOW YOUR IN A BETTER PLACE,

AND WE MISS YOUR BEAUITFUL FACE

WE ARE WARMED BY THE GLOW OF YOUR SPIRIT,

AND MAY GOD KEEP YOU FOREVER

THERE IS NONE MORE SPECIAL THAN YOU NANNA

AS I REMEMBER YOU PROTECTIING ME

WHEN I WAS SCARED AFTER WATCHING SCARY MOVIES

AS A KID, I WOULD RUN AND JUMP ON YOUR BED

FOR PROTECTION, MY NANNA

AS FEAR MY MIND WAS ACHING NANNA, YOU EVEN PROTECTED ME FROM SPANKINGS.

TO: MY NANNA

FROM: GRAND SON ILASHAJUAN