Olive V. Olsgaard, age 100 of Clarence, passed away on Monday December 15, 2014 at the Clarence Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held on Thursday December 18, 2014 at 2:00 P.M at the Clarence United Methodist Church with Pastor Carol Mart officiating. Burial will be held at a later date at the Evergreen Cemetery in Omaha, NE. Visitation will be held from 12:30 P.M until service time at the church.
Olive was born on July 23, 1914 to Clark John and Sena (Thompsen) Askegaard in Comstock, MN. She married Orris Olsgaard on June 30, 1935. He died in 1984.
Olive taught school in Clarence and Omaha, NE. for many years. She graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in elementary education. Olive loved to golf and go to Arizona. She also loved to boat, fish, dance and play cards. Olive was a big Huskers & Cubs fan, and was active until she was 100, which she celebrated in July.
She is survived by her daughters, Cynthia (Roland) Buck of Lowden and Sharon Engle of Denver, CO.; grandchildren, Barry (Suzy) Dircks, Pamela (Tom) DesChatelets, Susan (Rick) Klatt, Deb (Carrie-Louise Daenell) Engle, Kerrin (Dave) Holsteen, and Kathy Engle; 8 great grandchildren; and 2 great great grandchildren.
Olive was preceded in death by her parents; husband; 3 sisters; and a brother.