Extracted from the San Bernardino Sun (San Bernardino, CA)
Friday, September 6, 1996

REGINALD NEAL AUSTIN
Sheet metal worker

Reginald Neal Austin, 68, of Fontana, died Tuesday of heart failure at San Bernardino Community Hospital.

Austin, a native of Troup, Texas, lived in Fontana 47 years.

He was a sheet metal worker for Santa Fe Railway for 40 years. He served in the Air Force as an air policeman and was a member of the Santa Fe Railway Friendship Club.

Survivors include his wife, Rosalie, his son, Richard W. of Texas, his daughter Maria D. of Bloomington; his mother Ruby Opal of Texas; his sister, Jerry Ann of Texas; three grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Service and interment will be private at Riverside National Cemetery. Mt. View Mortuary and Cemetery in San Bernardino is directing.