Olga B. Blizard

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, grandmother, Mima, Babka, aunt, godmother and friend. Olga B. (Shurman) Blizard passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, at 93 years old.

Olga is survived by her loving family. Her five children, thirteen grandchildren, and her thirteen great-grandchildren: Peter(Joan) Shurman, their children, Jean (Patrick), Kathryn(Ryan), Elizabeth(Gina), Melissa(John) and Joan Frances(Daniel) and their grandchildren, Abiageal, Liam, Declan, Ryder, Ronan, Rockwell, Jack and Luna. Jane Catalano. Barbara Shurman, her children Sara(Branden), Nicholas(Tuesdae) and Dominic, and her grandchildren, Jayce, Jackson and Dallas. Patricia (Henry) Biehle, their children Matthew(Lexi), Daniel, Anna(Adam) and Joseph, and their grandchildren Madeline and Valerie. Michael (Michele) Shurman and their son Peter Jon aka PJ. She is also survived by her nephew Steve(Sheila) Magula and her niece Samantha (Rick) Conaway. As well as her godchildren of her best friend, Ronnie, Ricky and Susie Moson. Olga is predeceased by her first husband Peter Shurman as well as her second husband George Blizard, her sister Anna Magula, and her lifelong friends Madlen and John Moson.

Olga was born in Palmerton, PA to Katarina Vidra and Joseph Pastier. She spent her youth on the family farm in Nova Dedina, which is in current day Slovakia. She moved back to the states in 1950 and resided with her sister and her brother-in-law in NYC. She married her husband Peter in 1953 and they had five children before moving to Haverstraw in 1965. Olga raised her children on Village on the Green before going to work at the great A&P Tea Company, where she worked for more than 40 years. After becoming a widow in 1981, she met and later married George Blizard. They built a life together and enjoyed 34 beautiful years before George's passing in 2019.

Olga was an active parishioner of St. Peter's church since 1965, and a devoted member of the Catholic Daughters and the Haverstraw Senior Citizens. She enjoyed going on trips, especially to the casinos. She loved spending time with family, playing cards, working on word search books, crocheting, dancing, singing, and humming. She was an excellent cook and an avid baker, and loved vanilla ice cream and anything chocolate. We will all miss her wide variety of Christmas cookies, her laughter, and her generous heart. Olga will live on in our hearts forever smiling and be missed by all who knew her.

The family will receive family and friends from 4-8 PM on Friday, December 19, 2025 at George M. Holt Funeral Home in Haverstraw, NY. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, December 20, 2025, at 10 AM at St. Peter's & St. Mary's Church, 115 Broadway, Haverstraw, followed by interment at St. Peter's Cemetery Haverstraw, NY. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations to a charity of your choice.