Visitation: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Location: Weymouth Funeral Home
Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m., Thursday, March 22, 2018
Location: Weymouth Funeral Home Chapel
Interment: Following the Service
Location: Peninsula Memorial Park
Elsie Farrar Olive, 92, passed away Saturday, March 17, 2018. She was born in Chase City, VA, but spent most of her life in Newport News. She worked as a secretary and retired from NASA after many years of service.
Elsie was a graduate of Newport News High School, and was very active with the alumni reunions. She was an accomplished Opera Soprano and performed with the Newport News Civic Opera Company in the 1950’s. She was a member of Hidenwood Presbyterian Church where she served as former Chairman of a Missions Circle, and also sang in the choir. She was a former member of First Presbyterian Church in Downtown Newport News where she served as Elder and a soloist in the choir. She loved traveling and camping.
She was preceded in death by the “Light of Her Life”, her loving husband of 47 years, Rudy Olive; three sisters, Pauline Thomas, Ethel Bowen, and Gwendolyn Beck; and two brothers, Irvin and Willim Farrar. She is survived by many loving nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 7-8:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at Weymouth Funeral Home. A funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, March 22, 2018 at the Weymouth Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Bill Lamont. Interment will follow in Peninsula Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to a favorite charity.