Olive Madelyn Tokarski

Loving wife of the late George Tokarski; dear Sister of the late Archie C. (Shirley Vieau) Evans and Clarence (Annamarie) Evans; dear mother of Marsha Cooper, David (Sandra) Tokarski, Robert Tokarski and Janice Cameron; dear grandmother of David (Dominica) Tokarski and Eric (Shannon) Tokarski; Raymond (Laura) Gearhart, Colin Cameron, and step-grandsons Thomas and John (Lisa) Cooper; proud great-grandma of Logan, Landon, Camden, Carson, Isaac, Alex, Juliana and Michelle. Aunt to Mary (Doug) Christensen, Julie Evans, Dan (Jeannette) Evans, Tim (Jennifer) Evans, Pat (Cheryl) Evans, and Robert Vieau. Also survived by many great nieces and nephews and extended family members.

Olive was born in Richmond, Mi. to the late Archie W. Evans and Helen V. Evans and attended high school in New Baltimore where she graduated valedictorian in 1945. At that time, when WWII was still raging, she spoke of open chairs among the graduates in honor of the boys that had been called up to serve. Following graduation Olive moved into the Young Women's Club, Detroit and worked for an airline. She enjoyed seeing national entertainers like Frank Sinatra when he did his Detroit debut in 1946. After her marriage they moved to Richmond, Michigan where Olive landed her first newspaper job at the Richmond Review as a reporter. She then worked at the Macomb Daily and ultimately at the Detroit News where she worked as a printer until her retirement in 1987. As a proud member of the International Typographical Union, Olive recently received her 50 year pin.

During these years she raised 4 children, drove from Memphis to Detroit daily to work on the midnight shift and in 1964 moved the family to a house she bought in Fraser, Michigan. She actively encouraged and supported each of her 4 children to pursue an instrument and play in the Fraser High School band. In the 1970's she was honored as "Band Mother of the Year".

On Saturday, August 26th at 11:00 AM, inurnment of Olive's remains will take place at Cadillac Memorial Gardens East, 38425 Garfield Rd, Clinton Township in the Oak Chapel Mausoleum (has a big blue roof). Following the inurnment, all are invited to proceed to Kaul Funeral Home 35201 Garfield Road, Clinton Twp.

On Saturday, August 26th from 12:00-4:00 PM the family will be greeting friends to celebrate Olive's life at Kaul Funeral Home 35201 Garfield, Clinton Township, Michigan. A short memorial service will be conducted at 3:30 pm. Near the end of visitation, family and friends are invited to stay for an early evening meal.

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests that memorial contributions be made in Olive's memory to the Alzheimer's Association