Olmstead, Roger Howard (1946-1965)

OLMSTEAD, JETTER, RIBBEY

Posted By: Debbie Greenfield (email)
Date: 5/23/2021 at 19:34:22

Daily Freeman Journal, Webster City, Iowa
Monday, August 16, 1965

Funeral services for Roger Olmstead, 19, who died in an auto-truck accident here early Saturday, will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Church of Christ with the Rev. H.C. Perrine officiating and with burial in Graceland cemetery.

The body will lie in state at the Foster Funeral home until 10 a.m. Tuesday when it will be taken to the church.

Roger Howard Olmstead, son of Raymond and Garnette Olmstead, was born April 12, 1946 at Webster City. He received his elementary schooling in the Webster City schools and attended Webster City high school. He had been employed at the Morton Frozen Foods plant in Webster City.

He is survived by his parents, one brother, Danny; two sisters, Judy and Cindy; the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Jetter, Webster City and a great-grandmother, Mrs. Pearl Ribbey, also of Webster City.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olmstead.

He was baptized in the Christian faith and was a member of the Church of Christ.