Olive Riley

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Olive Riley

<p>Olive (Spence) Riley, 91, a longtime resident of Carthage, IN, died Thursday, December 27,</p><p>2018 in Greenfield, IN.</p><p>Funeral services will be at 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 2, at Heritage Funeral Care in</p><p>Knightstown, IN. Visitation from 4 - 6 pm prior to the service.</p><p>Olive was born January 13, 1927, on a farm near Lewis, KY, to the late Clarence and Anna</p><p>(Gulley) Spence. She married Tony E. Riley in 1944, and the couple resided at Carthage for</p><p>more than 50 years. They were the parents of Janice (Riley) Fannin Clark.</p><p>In her early adult life Olive worked for a time at the old Carthage Paper Mill. Later, she operated</p><p>a custom cake shop out of her home for many years. The Rileys were foster parents to several</p><p>children in the 1990s. In the early 2000s, Olive and Tony relocated to Shelbyville, IN. Following</p><p>the deaths of Tony in 2009 and Janice in 2010, Olive relocated to Greenfield. She was also</p><p>preceded in death by all 13 of her brothers and sisters.</p><p>Survivors include grandsons, Boyd Fannin of Indiana and Rodney Fannin of Colorado; great</p><p>grandchildren Clay, Wyatt, Garrett and Baileigh Fannin and Brittney (Fannin) Hardy; great great</p><p>grandchildren, Ethan and Aria Hardy along with a host of nieces and nephews. She was</p><p>particularly close to nieces, Bernita (Logan) Fouts of Texas and Vivian (Nolan) Wayland of</p><p>Florida. Olive will be buried between Tony and Janice at Riverside Cemetery near Carthage, IN</p><p>You may leave the family a personal condolence at www.heritagefuneralcares.com</p><p>The Hunt family and Heritage staff is honored to serve the family of Olive Riley.</p>
January 13, 1927 - December 27, 201801/13/192712/27/2018
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