Dr. George M. Olive Jr.

On September 9th at Carleton-Willard Village in Bedford. Dr. Olive, aged 90, grew up in Belmont where he lived until 1994. He was graduated from Belmont High School, Harvard College and Tufts Medical School and served as an officer in the Army Medical Corps during World War II, with tours in France and Okinawa. Following the war, he was a much beloved physician for nearly fifty years in Belmont and Cambridge, initially practicing family medicine. However, in the late 1950's he specialized in ophthalmology, was on the staff at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary for many years and served as a Clinical Instructor in Ophthalmology at both Harvard and Tufts Universities. In addition, Dr. Olive served as a Corporator and Trustee of the Belmont Savings Bank; a Corporator of the Belmont Hill School;and a permanent member of the Class Committee for his Harvard class, 1939. He is survived by his wife Priscilla (Keighler) Olive, affectionately known as "Peeps", whom he married in 1944; his children, George M. of Nevada City, CA; John C. of New York City and Priscilla H. Motley of Sherborn; their spouses, Suzanne, Patricia and George; and six grandchildren (Elizabeth, Samuel and Anderson Olive; Brooks, Benjamin and Priscilla Motley.) A funeral service will be held at 11:00 o'clock on Friday, September 21st at All Saints' Episcopal Church, Common and Clark Streets, in Belmont. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to The Greater Lovell Land Trust, P.O. Box 181, Center Lovell, Maine 04016, in recognition of his life-long affection for the area.