Sime, Olive Luella (Gullickson) 1905-2005

SIME, GULLICKSON, RUE, THORSEN, SIME-ROBINSON, NAGASAWA, GORMAN, ROBINSON, BREKKE, DOUGLAS

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 8/5/2012 at 13:57:58

Olive L. Sime, age 99, of Decorah and formerly of Ridgeway, Iowa, died Sunday, April 17, 2005 at the Aase Haugen Home in Decorah following a long illness.

Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, April 21, 2005 at Peace Lutheran Church in Ridgeway, Iowa, by Rev. Philip Olson and Rev. Ginny Olson with burial in Lincoln Lutheran Cemetery, rural Ridgeway.

Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 P.M. Wednesday, April 20, 2005 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah and an hour prior to the services on Wednesday at the church.

Memorials may be directed to Peace Lutheran Church in Ridgeway or The Aase Haugen Home in Decorah.

Olive Luella Sime was born October 4, 1905 in Ridgeway, Iowa, the daughter of Theodore and Tilda (Rue) Gullickson. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lincoln Lutheran Church in rural Ridgeway. She went through the Ridgeway School System, taking her senior year of high school in Cresco and graduating from Cresco High School in 1924. Olive attended Iowa State Teacher’s College (U.N.I.) for two years, earning a teaching certificate. She taught in the Ridgeway and Decorah School Systems while she helped her sister Bessie attend college. She returned to Iowa State Teacher’s College and graduated in 1930 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music education. While at college, she was elected to Kappa Delta Phi. Following her graduation she taught music in Correctionville and Ames, Iowa.

She was united in marriage to Orlando T. Sime on June 24, 1936 at Lincoln Lutheran Church in rural Ridgeway, Iowa. To this union, three children were born: Treva, David and Donald.

She and Orlando farmed the Sime family farm, south of Ridgeway until 1988. As a homemaker on the farm, Olive raised her children, provided marvelous meals and lunches to the farming crew, kept a large garden and filled her home with evidences of her talent and handicrafts. She earned a reputation as a wonderful cook. Friends and family especially remember her legendary butterhorn rolls.

In 1956, Olive renewed her teaching certificate and taught fourth grade at Ridgeway Elementary School, retiring in 1967. She is fondly remembered by the children of the Ridgeway community who were fortunate to have her as a classroom or piano teacher.

Olive was a longtime member of the Lincoln Lutheran Church and later, Peace Lutheran Church of Ridgeway. Olive served her church and community as organist, choir director and piano teacher. She was active in her church circle and Ladies Aide, volunteered in her children’s school and 4H activities, and served on the Winneshiek County Board of Education.

Following their retirement, Olive and Orlando built a home in Ridgeway to enjoy their retirement years. Throughout her life, Olive endured several major illnesses and surgeries. She fought these illnesses bravely and successfully, often to the amazement of her doctors. She and Orlando became residents of the Aase Haugen Home in Decorah in April 2001.

Olive died Sunday, April 17, 2005 at Aase Haugen Home in Decorah following a long illness at the age of 99 years.

Survivors include her husband, Orlando of Decorah; a daughter, Treva (Byron) Thorsen of Huntley, Illinois; two sons, David Sime of Diamond Head, Mississippi, and Donald (Anna) Sime of Libertyville, Illinois; eight grandchildren, Eric (Kelly) Thorsen of Cincinnati, Ohio, Karen Thorsen of Chicago, Illinois, Tim (Vicky) Sime of Sartell, Minnesota, Jennifer (Eric) Sime-Robinson of Berkeley, California, Rebecca (Mark) Nagasawa of Scottsdale, Arizona, Kathryn Sime of Chicago, Illinois, Carolyn (Brian) Gorman of Chicago, Illinois, Jessica Sime of Chicago, Illinois; and six great grandchildren, Natalie, Michael and Andrew Thorsen of Cincinnati, Ohio, Gracine Sime of Sartell, Minnesota, and Liv and Anni Robinson of Berkeley, California.

She was preceded in death by her parents and four sisters, Alice Brekke, Grace Brekke, Bessie Gullickson and Rue Douglas.

Source: Fjelstul Funeral Home database

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