Ollie Mae Church
May 29, 1959 - April 27, 2009


Ollie had a very-hard-short-life. (This is truly an under-statement) I would like to think that her hardships helped to make her the wonderful person she truly was.

Ollie was a Nurse. She loved her job; she worked with the elderly. You know it takes a special person to work with the elderly. Not just anybody can do that, surely not me.

She had two children she adored. And the grandkids, OMG, how she loved them. In a nutshell, she loved her family with every ounce, every fiber of her being, and then some. That is a bunch of love!

Ollie was a good Sister, we did not always see eye-to-eye on everything, but she was a good Sister and my best friend. There was this one time when I was staying with Mom in the Nursing Home in Manilla, there was a State Inspection going on, and Ollie had to do something with Mom, some procedure, anyway, being my usual self, a buttinsky, I mentioned something to Ollie about one of Mom’s tubes being stuck, she said “Dolly sit down and shut up”. Well guess what I did? I did exactly as she had ordered. She had every right to tell me that and possibly to slap the piss out of me.


In her final days here on Earth, she was very sad. And sorry to say I was part of her sadness. She had asked me to do something, in which I did. However, I did it wrong. I asked her forgiveness, I just have to believe she forgave me. As God is my witness, I would never do anything to hurt her in any way. I thought I was helping but as it turns out all she wanted was a listener not a doer. I wanted to make her feel better, of course now I realize I do/did not have that kind of power. Only God has that power.

I wish I knew the reason for her leaving this world so soon. She had overcome so many obstacles in her short life. The many blood clots to her lungs and brain, all the surgeries, the year of being on her death bed with Hospice, and all the other daily stuff in her life. I just don’t understand why now. She appeared to be getting better physically. Why Now.

I guess the Good Lord will reveal his reasons in his own time, not ours. I pray that some sweet day we will be together on the other side, walking hand-in-hand, laughing having a good time with Mom, Terry, Sennie, and Ted.

Thank you to all who attended the services:
and recognizing how good a person Ollie was:







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