Velda (Wakefield) Oliver (1920-2010)

OLIVER, WAKEFIELD

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 12/4/2010 at 10:31:53

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Friday, December 03, 2010.

A limb has fallen from the family tree.

I keep hearing a voice that says, “Grieve not for me.

Remember the best times, the laughter, the song.

The good life I lived while I was strong.

Continue my heritage, I’m counting on you.

Keep smiling and surely the sun will shine through.

My mind is at ease, my soul is at rest.

Remembering all, how I truly was blessed.

Continue traditions, no matter how small.

Go on with your life, don’t worry about falls.

I miss you all dearly, so keep up your chin.

Until the day comes we’re together again.”

Velda (Wakefield) Oliver, formerly of Ames, passed away Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010, in Kingwood, Texas, due to complications of Alzheimer’s. A remembrance gathering of family and friends will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, at Memorial Lutheran Church in Gilbert. Interment at Story Memorial Gardens in south Ames, next to husband, Orville, will be at a later date.

Velda was born Dec. 5, 1920, to Guy and Jessie Wakefield.

She is survived by two sons, Dick and wife, Carrol, of Coldspring, Texas, and Roger and wife, Pam, of Nevada, Iowa; one daughter, Deb, of Chappel Hill, Texas; one brother, John and wife, Anne, of Nevada, Iowa; eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Velda was preceded in death by her husband, Orville; a baby daughter, Marlene; and two brothers, Don and Junior.

Memorials may be made in Velda’s name to the Alzheimer’s Association.

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