Nadine Olive

Nadine Olive, 92, of Corning, Iowa passed away Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at Corning Specialty Care, Corning, Iowa.  Graveside Services will be 1:00 P.M., Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Iowa, with Mr. Larry Johnson officiating.  Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center of Corning is in charge of arrangements.  Open visitation will be 3:00 – 7:00 P.M., with family receiving friends 5:00 – 7:00 P.M., Monday, March 4, 2024, at the funeral home.  Memorials may be directed to the Nadine Olive Memorial Fund, to be determined by the family.  Memories and condolences may be left on-line at www.pearsonfuneralhomes.com.

Nadine (Costin) Olive was born in El Dorado Springs, Missouri, on March 23, 1931, the daughter of Harry and Jessie (Friar) Costin.  The family moved to Adams County, Iowa during the Depression.  She attended Dog Hollow Country School and graduated Corning High School. On March 30, 1952, Nadine was united in marriage to Donald Olive at the Corning Methodist Church.  Four children were born to the marriage: Mike, Dennis, Cindy and Brenda.

 Nadine and Donald farmed for several years, but after his death in 1981, she moved to Corning and began an eclectic series of careers which included: Adams County Sheriff’s Dispatcher, Bank of Brooks, Skelgas, Quality Power and Turf and Sweet Desires Bakery.  

Nadine was an excellent cook and baker and very skilled at mending and sewing. She also liked to read, but her real passion was her yard and  garden, both of which were admired and commented on, by people who drove or walked by her little house located at the north end of Grove Avenue.  Nadine also loved to travel and took many trips and tours with friends, and family members.  Her trips took her to places such as Austria, Germany, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and many places in the United States.  Nadine was friendly and never knew a stranger.  She was a bit of a “people magnet” because many times a person she didn’t know would pick her out of a crowd and start a conversation.  Nadine will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.

Preceding Nadine in death was her husband, Donald Olive; her parents; her brother and sister-in-law: Donald Costin (Ruth), of Salida, Colorado; brother, Gene Costin of Grand Junction, Colorado; and her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Elmer and Alice (Preston) Olive.

Nadine is survived by her four children: Mike Olive (wife Debbie) of Corning, Iowa, Dennis (wife Irene) of Gypsum, Colorado, Cindy Cameron (husband Tracy) of Creston, Iowa, and Brenda Tucker (husband Rob) of Corning, Iowa; six grandchildren: Tori Grantz, Shannon Grove, Andrea Steffen, Kyle Olive, Stephanie Westlake, and Erin Doran, and ten great-grandchildren; sister, Phyllis Barton, sister-in-law Marjie Hoversten , and  brother-in-law, Kenneth Olive (wife Barb).