Olivia Theresa Everitt

Olivia Theresa Everitt

 

 

Olivia Theresa (Ward) Everitt of Fayette, passed away Friday, April 28, 2016 at Maple Crest Manor Nursing Home in Fayette, Iowa.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 pm on Sunday, May 1, 2016, at S.K. Rogers Funeral Home in Fayette, Iowa, with 4 pm rosary and scripture.

Mass of Christian burial will be Monday May 2, 2016 at 10:30 am at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Fayette, Iowa, with a one-hour viewing prior.

Olivia Theresa (Ward) Everitt was born on August 16, 1921 to Joseph and Margaret (Drilling) Bodensteiner in Decorah, Iowa. She attended Nursing School following her high school graduation and later attended adult education classes, receiving a certificate in tailoring.

Olivia was a homemaker and later worked at City Laundry for 11 years. Olivia was a Gold Star Mother and member of the St. Francis Rosary Society. She enjoyed sewing, gardening, cooking, baking, canning, playing cards, bingo, dancing, and playing pool.

She is survived by daughters, Nadine Roland of Smyrna, Georgia, Joan Celentano of East Islip, New York, Sandy (Jim) Davis of Oxford, Iowa, Tina Adams of Denver, Iowa, Carmen Ward of Hudson, Iowa, and Maureen (Mitch) Hershey of Aplington, Iowa; Sons, David Ward of Maynard, Iowa, and Ronnie (Cindy) Ward of Fayette, Iowa; Brothers, Fr. Peter Bodensteiner and Dr. Cletus Bodensteiner; 19 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Eugene Ward; grandchildren, Jason Moormann and Matt Davis; first husband, Ambrose Ward; second husband, Arthur Everitt; brothers Leonard, Marcellus, Hugo, Christopher, and Leo Bodensteiner; and sisters Agnes (Victor) Winters, Evelyn (Elmer) Hawkins, and Lucille (Samuel) Fanning.

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