Olive Meller

Mass of Christian burial celebrating the life of Olive B. Meller, 96, of Albany, MN and formerly of Holdingford will be 11 a.m., Thursday, July 19, 2018 at All Saints - St. Mary's Catholic Church in Holdingford with visitation beginning at 9 a.m. prior to the Mass. Rev. Gregory Mastey will preside. Burial will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery in Holdingford. Olive passed away peacefully July 13, 2018 surrounded by her family at Mother of Mercy Nursing Home in Albany.

Olive B. Meller, daughter of Charlie and Rose (Wenning) Schiller, was born September 6, 1921 in Albany Township, Minnesota. She was the oldest of three children. Olive grew up on the farm and enjoyed farming all her life. She moved to St. Cloud, MN where she worked as a waitress at the Tick Tock Café. On June 5, 1948, she married Ralph N. Meller in St. Anthony, Minnesota. They were blessed with four children, Elaine, Joan, Earl, and Linda. Olive resided on the family farm in Holdingford for 60 years before moving to Albany.

Olive loved her family and friends. She belonged to All Saints - St. Mary's Catholic Church, St. Mary's Christian Mothers, St. Rita's Mission Group, Helping Hands of Holdingford, and Silver & Gold of Albany. She made many handmade quilts and hundreds of rosaries. She always had a large garden and made many apple pies and dill pickles. She enjoyed hard work and always wanted to run the lever while splitting wood. Olive played cards whenever she could. Traveling brought lots of good memories and she enjoyed trips to Germany, Oregon, Seattle, Branson, Las Vegas, and the Dakotas.

Olive is survived by her children, Elaine (Allen) Walter of Sauk Centre, Earl (Joan Dearing) Meller of St. Cloud, Linda (David) Fuchs of St. Cloud; son-in-law, Pat Moore of Prior Lake; grandchildren, Michael (Katie) Walter, Dr. Jeffrey (Kelly) Walter, Lorraine Walter, Kathrine Walter, Nicholas Meller and Christopher Meller; great grandchildren, William Walter and Anna Walter, sisters-in-law, Rita Schiller and Bertha Schiller.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Meller on July 14, 1993; daughter, Joan Moore on May 4, 2016; her parents; and her brothers, Harlin Schiller and Richard Schiller.

A special thank you to the staff at Mother of Mercy Nursing Home in Albany and CHI Hospice for their compassionate care.

In lieu of flowers memorials are preferred.