BOUNTIFUL/RICHFIELD - Our beautiful wife, mother and sweet little grandma, Olive Ogden Pearson, was welcomed home to her Heavenly Father on July 3, 2001.
Olive was born December 28, 1913 in Richfield, Utah as the third child of Walter Marsh and Mary Ross Ogden.
Olive and her "sweetheart," Dwain, would have celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary on September 5, 2001. With their love they created a large family, Garnet and (Jack, deceased) Johnson, Diane and Charlie Mackey, Rikard and Shanna Pearson, (Carolin, deceased) and Roger Hansen, Randy and Linda Pearson, Mary Kay Jensen, Clark and Jami Pearson, Patrice Erickson, and Teresa Hernandez whom they have embraced as their own. Their grandchildren and great-grandchildren number 85.
In her younger days, Olive enjoyed dancing and sewing clothing for family and friends. She could fix almost anything and was often referred to as the family "handyman." She studied Latin and attended BYU after graduating from Richfield High School. Her many talents included needlepoint, dramatic readings, book reviews and baking. She adored swimming, traveling, flowers, and especially her family. She was active in the Richfield Dance Club, Culture Club and the DUP. Olive worked hard throughout her life and is known by some as the "best cowboy on the Ranch."
She was an active member of the LDS Church and held many positions in Young Womens, Relief Society, Visiting Teaching and Singing Mothers. Olive was an unfailing support to her husband in his church and civic duties. She attended the LDS temple regularly and loved her study groups. Her dedication to the missionary program was astounding, shown by her encouragement for children and grandchildren to serve missions.
She was a perfect example of compassion and love and displayed so well her courage and dignity when faced with life's challenges. Olive was a beautiful woman with a unique style and flair. Her wonderful alto singing voice was captivating and her gentle embrace warmed many lives. Olive loved her friends fully and unconditionally and opened her heart and home to those in need, regardless of status or circumstance.
Olive's sweet love affair with her beloved Dwain will indeed continue throughout eternity. Although she will be greatly missed, we do not grieve in our loss, instead we rejoice in the knowledge that she has been reunited with her daughter, Carolin and many other loved ones.
In addition to her husband and children, she is survived by sisters, Phyllis Clancey of Albuquerque, NM, Mary Jane Kloepher of Salt Lake City; Dorothy Quinney of West Valley City; sisters-in-law, Lois Ogden of Richfield, Edna Gunn of St. George, Mary Ogden of Camerillo, CA.
She is preceded in death by parents; daughter, Carolin, sister, Anna Jenkins, brothers, Ross Ogden, Dale Ogden, Ted Ogden, Larry Ogden; grandchildren: Clark and Justin Pearson, Lester and Raynal Johnson, Zachary Bagley
Funeral services dedicated to the memory of this wonderful woman will be held Friday, July 6, 2001 at 1 p.m. in the Richfield 2nd LDS Ward Chapel, 200 West 400 North. A viewing will be held Thursday, July 5th from 6-8 p.m. at the Bountiful 28th LDS Ward Chapel, 2285 South 200 West. A second viewing will be held Friday, July 6th from 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in the Neal S. Magleby & Sons Mortuary, 50 South 100 West, Richfield. Burial will take place in the Richfield City Cemetery. Funeral Directors, Neal S. Magleby & Sons Mortuary, Richfield, Utah.