Olive Smith

Olive Lillis Smith 95 of Keizer, Oregon died Monday; October 21, 2019 in the
Hawthorne House, a caring and loving senior living memory care facility in Salem, OR.
She was born on September 17, 1924 on a farm in Ashland, Kentucky to James and
Hattie (Charles) Middleton. She attended a one room school in Rush, Kentucky and
graduated the eighth grade. Olive married Charles Smith in San Diego, CA in 1960, he
died in 2006. She loved sewing, gardening, needle point, working with animals and was
considered an excellent cook. Olive also enjoyed spending time with her family and
loved to attend school functions with her children and grandchildren. Olive is survived by
her five daughters, fourteen grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren and seven great –
great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband Charles and daughter
Jacqueline. A funeral service will be held at 2:00pm; Tuesday, October 29 th at the Keizer
Funeral Chapel, Keizer, OR. A private interment will be at Willamette National
Cemetery in Portland. Keizer Funeral Chapel is caring for the family.