Sarwono's mother dies at 92

Sarwono's mother dies at 92

JAKARTA (JP): Mrs. Sulmini Surawisastra, the mother of State Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja, died of old age at Ongkomulyo Hospital here on Friday. She was 92.

President Soeharto, Vice President Try Sutrisno and his wife Tuti Try Sutrisno, former vice president Sudharmono as well as a number of cabinet ministers paid their last respects to the deceased who was laid in state at Sarwono's house on Jalan Denpasar Raya, South Jakarta.

Sulmini was buried at Tanah Kusir Public Cemetery yesterday morning.

Born in February 10, 1904, in Cirebon, West Java, Sulmini dedicated a great deal of her life for charity and education. She once taught at Kartini School in Jakarta and managed orphanages.

From her marriage with the late M. Taslim Kusumaatmadja, Sulmini had three children: former foreign minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadja, Sarwono and daughter Ade Sudaryati Yushar. (swe)