Olga Mecedes Molina Tobin

Olga Julia Maria Molina Tobin 91
Olga lived a storied life. Born in 1934 to Evaristo and Tomasa Molina in New York City, Olga shared her mother's deep faith and her three sister's yearning to explore the world beyond Spanish Harlem. After attending Julia Richmond High School, Olga began a work life that would take her from secretarial pools, to the stage, page, and screen.
Her acting career began by studying with famed Lee Strasberg at The Actor's Studio, where she acted alongside luminaries such as Estelle Parsons and Harvey Keitel. She performed with the bilingual Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre and enjoyed a long professional friendship with its founder, Miriam Colon. This work earned Olga notice by NBC where she was cast as a principal actress in its production of The Guest. Then Olga's path veered in a different direction when she answered a higher calling, and joined the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification
Blessed to Jeremiah in 1982, the couple remained loving and utterly devoted to each other every moment of their marriage.
Olga's church work saw her working as a reporter for the News World Newspaper, turning around a failing café on Manhattan's famed Fifth Avenue, caring for troubled children in California, and so much more. And while devoted to her faith, Olga was a dreamer and artist at heart. She was a prolific writer, from short stories, and children's books, to screenplays and her published book, God for the Modern Woman.
Olga is survived by her husband of 43 years, Jeremiah Tobin, her four daughters, Renee Balise, Rochelle Medina-Worrell, Roxanne Medina-Lewko, and Paulette Stout, her sister Norma Molina-Simonte, 17 grandchildren, and many beloved nieces and nephews.
A Seonghwa Ceremony will be held 9:30-11:30AM Tuesday at Clifton Family Church followed by a Won Jeon Ceremony at East Ridgelawn Cemetery. Visiting hours are Monday 6-8PM at Clifton Family Church.