Olive English (1878-1951)

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Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 5/17/2021 at 16:53:13

From Nevada Evening Journal April 6, 1951 (page 3)

Funeral Services For Olive English Held Wednesday

Funeral services for Miss Olive English, 73, longtime resident of Nevada where she was prominent in church, musical and social circles, were held at Central Presbyterian church in Nevada with Rev. James D. Ransom officiating.

Beautiful flowers banked the bier mutely testifying to the affection in which she was held by relatives and friends.

Mrs. J. R. Dillin was at the organ playing "Largo from Dvorak's New World Symphony" and "Meditation." It was fitting that the organ at which she presided was the one Miss English had played for a number of years in Central Presbyterian Church.

The casket bearers were F. M. Boardman, Chas. F. Wilson, F. C. Tarman, E. P. Schindler, Gilbert Henry and M. I. Lattig.

Committal was in the family lot in the Nevada cemetery by the side of her parents, long time prominent residents of Nevada.

Accompanying the body to Nevada from Highland Park, Ill., were her cousin, Miss Frances English, Robert Warner in whose home she had lived for seven years, and Mrs. Louise Allen Richardson; former resident of Nevada and her intimate friend.

The death of Miss English in the Highland Park hospital, followed a brief illness the immediate cause of her death being a heart attack.

The following brief obituary was read at the funeral service by Rev. Ransom.

Obituary

Olive English, only child of Alexander and Mary English, was born February 22, 1878. when she was about 18 she moved with her parents from Union, Iowa, to Nevada. They joined the Presbyterian church and were all very active in church affairs. Mr. English was an elder for many years; Mrs. English active in women's activities and Olive was the church organist for 25 or 30 years.

Music was Olive's main interest in life; an almost unlimited number of people in this area received their musical education from her.

After the death of her parents, Olive remained in Nevada until 1935 when she left to make her home, first in Colorado, later in Highland Park, Ill., where she died April 1, 1951, at the age of 73.

Her relatives and friends knew her to be faithful, loyal friend in a devoted Christian.