Carolyn "Sue" Olive Obituary

Wooster - Carolyn Grace "Sue" Olive, 90 of Wooster passed away on Friday, November 1, 2024 at Brookdale Senior Living in Wooster. She was born on February 21, 1934 in Lakewood, Ohio the daughter of William and Grace Cherry Jacobs. On June 14, 1958 she married John Olive who preceded her in death. Sue worked as an RN for Dr. Harold Martin in Ashland Ohio and then did community nursing for the Catholic Migrant Ministries in Hartville, Ohio. She finished her career working in administration for the Workshop at the Stark County Board of Developmental Disabilities. She was a member of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Wooster. Sue had volunteered at St. Mary's, the Viola Startzman Clinic and for Ohio's Hospice LifeCare. She was active in local politics and enjoyed birding and playing bridge and board games. Surviving are her children: Kelly and Keith Williams, of Wooster, Steve and Christina Olive of Carlsbad, CA, DeeDee and Wiilliam Mullenix, of Red Oak, IA, and Jeremy Olive, of Wooster; grandchildren Caitlyn and Ryan Horvath, Michele and Steffan Horst, Jacob Mullenix, Leah and Jacob Waltrup, Coleman Mullenix, and John Kekoa Olive; great-grandchildren Eva, Brooks and Dakota Waltrup. Sue was preceded in death by her husband, parents, a bother William Jacobs and a sister Pat Cooper. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, 527 Beall Ave., Wooster with Rev. David Chojnacki presiding. Private family inurnment will be held at a later date. Friends will be received from 9:30 AM-11AM at the church on Wednesday. McIntire, Bradham & Sleek Funeral Home, 216 E. Larwill St., Wooster is assisting the family. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be directed to Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park, 1403 W. Hines Hill Rd., Peninsula, OH 44264 or Ohio's Hospice LifeCare, 1900 Akron Rd., Wooster, OH 44691. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.mcintirebradhamsleek.com