Frances Elaine Osage

Obituary of Frances Elaine Osage
Frances Elaine Osage passed away peacefully on November 20th, 2023 at the age of 102. She was preceded in death by her parents, Herman and Frances Pagel, her husband Howard T. Osage, sister Genevieve Reidinger, brother Howard Pagel, and niece Dianna Tovoli.
Elaine was very organized and ordered in her life. In recent years, she took time to memorialize certain highlights of her life in this narrative, transcribed from her handwritten notes:
Elaine was a remarkable lady who loved and cared deeply for her family and cherished friends. She had encyclopedic knowledge of important dates and aspects of each one of them. We were all amazed at her ability to recall that son or daughter, niece or nephew, where they went to school, when they graduated, and their chosen career path. She loved to reminisce about her family growing up and the Sunday visits to her Grandma and Grandpa Pagel's homestead in Roy, WA. As a young girl in the late 1920's she would be thrilled to ride along with her Daddy as he delivered bakery products to businesses as far out as Graham, WA. That would have been quite a journey in those days in that old bread truck.
Until recently, she lived independently, needing in-home care only a few hours each week. Even after her 100th birthday, she was able to make and keep her own appointments, schedule round trips on the Pierce Shuttle to do her own grocery shopping or be with family and friends. And of course, she loved to laugh with the "lunch bunch", play pinocle and bunco, and do breakfast after church at the Poodle Dog. (By the way, she also loved the Seattle Mariners, and to a lesser extent, Gonzaga basketball).
Elaine is survived by her nephew, Douglas (Robin) Pagel, nieces Julie (Gary) Poe, Susan (Mark) Perry, and 34 great, great-great, and great-great-great-nieces and nephews. She will forever be loved and missed by each of them.
Elaine's Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, December 16th at 1:00 pm at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in Fife, WA at 1:00 PM followed by a luncheon reception. A private inurnment will be held at a later time.
In lieu of flowers, remembrances can be made in her name to the St. Martin of Tours Alter Society.