Olive Jo Gear, 91, Marion, passed away at 9:32 pm on Monday, July 6, 2020, at Colonial Oaks Health & Rehabilitation Center in Marion. She was born in Fairmount on Saturday, April 20, 1929, to Furmant "Ted" and Ruth (Mayfield) Pace. On March 21, 1948, she married Leonard Gear, and he preceded her in death.
Olive Jo was a homemaker and faithfully served her husband and family. She loved to make quilts, work on puzzles, and play cards, especially Euchre. She also liked crocheting, rocks, flowers, angels, and ladybugs, was an avid reader, and had a place at the lake. She definitely loved the "lake life". She dearly loved her family and to spend time with them. Olive was a member at Trinity United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her daughter, Karen Dickens of Marion; grandsons, Steven Bilby of Marion and Matt (Tina) Bilby of Noblesville; granddaughter, Jennifer Miller of Warsaw; great-grandsons, Tyler Bilby, Kyle Bilby, and Austin Brower; great-granddaughter, Alyssa Tate; and son-in-law, Dan Bilby of Marion.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Rita Bilby; grandson, Jason Miller; two brothers, Donald D. Pace and Phillip Pace; and two sisters, Margaret Pace and Shirley Stratton.
Funeral Services to celebrate Olive's life was held on Monday 13 July 2020, at Integrity Funeral Care, 2901 S. Washington St., Marion, IN., with Chaplain Don Miller officiating. Burial was made in the Park Cemetery.
Olive Jo was a homemaker and faithfully served her husband and family. She loved to make quilts, work on puzzles, and play cards, especially Euchre. She also liked crocheting, rocks, flowers, angels, and ladybugs, was an avid reader, and had a place at the lake. She definitely loved the "lake life". She dearly loved her family and to spend time with them. Olive was a member at Trinity United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her daughter, Karen Dickens of Marion; grandsons, Steven Bilby of Marion and Matt (Tina) Bilby of Noblesville; granddaughter, Jennifer Miller of Warsaw; great-grandsons, Tyler Bilby, Kyle Bilby, and Austin Brower; great-granddaughter, Alyssa Tate; and son-in-law, Dan Bilby of Marion.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Rita Bilby; grandson, Jason Miller; two brothers, Donald D. Pace and Phillip Pace; and two sisters, Margaret Pace and Shirley Stratton.
Funeral Services to celebrate Olive's life was held on Monday 13 July 2020, at Integrity Funeral Care, 2901 S. Washington St., Marion, IN., with Chaplain Don Miller officiating. Burial was made in the Park Cemetery.
Olive Jo Gear, 91, Marion, passed away at 9:32 pm on Monday, July 6, 2020, at Colonial Oaks Health & Rehabilitation Center in Marion. She was born in Fairmount on Saturday, April 20, 1929, to Furmant "Ted" and Ruth (Mayfield) Pace. On March 21, 1948, she married Leonard Gear, and he preceded her in death.
Olive Jo was a homemaker and faithfully served her husband and family. She loved to make quilts, work on puzzles, and play cards, especially Euchre. She also liked crocheting, rocks, flowers, angels, and ladybugs, was an avid reader, and had a place at the lake. She definitely loved the "lake life". She dearly loved her family and to spend time with them. Olive was a member at Trinity United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her daughter, Karen Dickens of Marion; grandsons, Steven Bilby of Marion and Matt (Tina) Bilby of Noblesville; granddaughter, Jennifer Miller of Warsaw; great-grandsons, Tyler Bilby, Kyle Bilby, and Austin Brower; great-granddaughter, Alyssa Tate; and son-in-law, Dan Bilby of Marion.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Rita Bilby; grandson, Jason Miller; two brothers, Donald D. Pace and Phillip Pace; and two sisters, Margaret Pace and Shirley Stratton.
Funeral Services to celebrate Olive's life was held on Monday 13 July 2020, at Integrity Funeral Care, 2901 S. Washington St., Marion, IN., with Chaplain Don Miller officiating. Burial was made in the Park Cemetery.
Olive Jo was a homemaker and faithfully served her husband and family. She loved to make quilts, work on puzzles, and play cards, especially Euchre. She also liked crocheting, rocks, flowers, angels, and ladybugs, was an avid reader, and had a place at the lake. She definitely loved the "lake life". She dearly loved her family and to spend time with them. Olive was a member at Trinity United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her daughter, Karen Dickens of Marion; grandsons, Steven Bilby of Marion and Matt (Tina) Bilby of Noblesville; granddaughter, Jennifer Miller of Warsaw; great-grandsons, Tyler Bilby, Kyle Bilby, and Austin Brower; great-granddaughter, Alyssa Tate; and son-in-law, Dan Bilby of Marion.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Rita Bilby; grandson, Jason Miller; two brothers, Donald D. Pace and Phillip Pace; and two sisters, Margaret Pace and Shirley Stratton.
Funeral Services to celebrate Olive's life was held on Monday 13 July 2020, at Integrity Funeral Care, 2901 S. Washington St., Marion, IN., with Chaplain Don Miller officiating. Burial was made in the Park Cemetery.
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