FORECAST AND IT'S COMING RIGHT UP. WE'LL SEE THEM, MY FRIEND. THANK YOU. AND WE'RE SORRY TO TELL YOU TONIGHT, ONE OF THE MOST VOCAL STRONGEST SURVIVORS OF THE MURRAH BUILDING BOMBING >> HAS PASSED AWAY. >> FLORENCE ROGERS WAS THE CEO OF THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION IN 1995. NEWS 4 SPENCER HUMPHRIES HERE WITH THE LEGACY SHE LEAVES BEHIND SPENCER. >> YEAH, JOLEEN AND KEVIN, YOU KNOW, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO KNEW AND WORKED WITH FLORENCE, SHE WAS MORE THAN JUST THEIR BOSS. SHE WAS LIKE A MOTHER. AND AFTER SHE LOST 18 OF HER CO-WORKERS ON APRIL 19TH 1995. FLORENCE MADE IT A MISSION TO BRING THEIR FAMILIES INTO HERS. FLORENCE ROGERS HAD A NICKNAME. >> SHE'S MOTHER GOOSE AND HER FLOCK SAYS OKC NATIONAL MEMORIAL.
PRESIDENT KARI WATKINS, WHERE THE DOZENS OF EMPLOYEES WHO WORKED FOR FLORENCE DURING HER TIME AS CEO OF THE FEDERAL EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION. >> SHE WAS KIND OF A MATRIARCH IN MANY WAYS. SHE WAS A FORCE OF PRESENTS. SHE HAD JUST STARTED A MEETING WITH 8 EMPLOYEES IN HER OFFICE ON THE 3RD FLOOR OF THE MURRAH BUILDING ON 4/19/1995. 3 MINUTES LATER. >> SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE ALIVE. THERE IS ONLY 18 ISSUES OF THE FLOOR. >> FROM BEHIND ME THAT DIDN'T BREAK AWAY. SO THEY ALL DISAPPEARED. LORI NIECES, SISTER JILL RANDOLPH WAS IN THAT OFFICE WITH FLORENCE. WE JUST SHE WAS MISSING. >> AND SO WE FLEW THE CITY BY THE TIME HER PLANE LANDED THAT NIGHT, FLORENCE HAD BEEN PULLED OUT OF THE RUBBLE WITHOUT MISSING A BEAT MOTHER GOOSE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN SEARCHING FOR HER FLOCK. I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT. HE PUTS THE TIME TO CALL ME AFTER HAVING SUCH A HORRIFIC DAY HERSELF. AND SHE TOLD ME THAT MY SISTER WAS SITTING, YOU KNOW, RIGHT ACROSS FROM HER. AND THEY WERE SITTING IN THAT MEETING. >> AND THAT JILL WAS HOLDING A YELLOW PAD, TAKING NOTES THAT PHONE CALL WOULD BE INVALUABLE FOR NICE AS SHE FACED THE GRIM TASK OF RECOVERING AND BURYING HER SISTER.
IF WAS ABLE TO TELL US >> WHAT SHE WEARING, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT, ACTUALLY, FOR ALL THE WHEN THEY. >> LOOK FOR THEM THAT THEY KNEW WHAT COLOR CLOTHING THEY WERE WEARING NEWS FOR CAUGHT UP WITH FLORENCE JUST A COUPLE DAYS AFTER THE BOMBING. AMAZINGLY BACK AT WORK IN A TEMPORARY OFFICE. >> I HAVE NOTHING. WE HAVE NOTHING SHE RETIRED A COUPLE YEARS LATER, BUT HER WORK DIDN'T STOP. SHE WENT ON TO HELP OVERSEE THE PLANNING AND OPENING OF THE OKLAHOMA CITY NATIONAL MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM. >> SHE DIED AT THE AGE OF 88 OVER THE WEEKEND. >> WELL, I MEAN, YOU LOST. YOU LOST HER EXPERIENCE AND HER STORIES AND HER STRENGTH. >> EXAMPLE, MY EYES JUST FILLED WITH TEARS BECAUSE THAT'S GENERATION, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER PIECE THAT CONNECTION THAT I HAVE. >> WITH JILL MOTHER GOOSE NOW ABLE TO FLY BACK TO HER FLOCK. >> I KNOW FLORENCE LIVED A LONG LIFE AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT. AND I I'M JUST BLESSED. YOU KNOW THAT HE DID GET OUT OF THAT BUILDING.
>> NOW, FLORENCE WILL BE LAID TO REST AT .