- Date Of Birth: September 30, 1926
- Date Of Death: February 13, 2022
- State: Idaho
Olive Ima Jean Halby, 95, of Nampa went to be with the Lord on February 13, 2022. Olive was born on September 30, 1926 in Keosauqua, Iowa to Gonah H. & Beulah Walters Schreckengast. She and her family moved from Iowa to California when Olive was three. She graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School in the class of 1944.
During WWII, Olive worked as a mail carrier since there was a shortage of men mail carriers. Olive met the love of her life, James Frank Halby at a square dance in Long Beach. Wedding bells soon followed on March 18, 1951. Raising their three daughters, Olive served as a Girl Scout leader for several years. In 1970, the Halby’s left California and moved to Twin Falls, Idaho to experience a slower pace of life. To be closer to their grown children, Olive and Jim moved to Boise in 1978. They became active again in square dancing and joined the Boise Syringa Squares.
Olive is survived by three daughters, Laurie (Tom) Thurman of Vancouver, WA, Becky (Steve) Jung of Nampa, ID, and Connie Fry of Kent, WA. Eight grandchildren include Eric (Pani) Dixon of San Jose, CA., Joy Jung (Jake) Diebert of Meridian, ID., Marc Jung of Nampa, ID., Bonnie (Forest) Hunt of Emmett, ID., Joel Jung of Boise, ID., Anna (Noel) Gallegos of Caldwell, ID., Michelle (Jonathan) Bray of Seattle, WA., and Charley Fry of Spokane, WA. Olive also has nine great-grandchildren. Olive has a surviving sister, Virginia Wheeler of Sacramento, CA.
Olive was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and a brother Gonah I. Schreckengast.
