November 13 2019: OLIVER, Helene Jeannette Kause

Helene Jeannette Kause Oliver

September 1, 1917 – November 10, 2019

Helene Jeannette Kause Oliver passed away in her sleep on November 10, 2019.  She was 102.

Born in Washington, D.C. in 1917, Mrs. Oliver lived in the area her entire life; for the last 60 years, in Silver Spring, Maryland.  She attended Central High School in Washington, D.C., and graduated from American University in 1938, with a BA in Biology.  She went to work on Capitol Hill as initially to a ‘public information’ firm, and then to the Department of Agriculture.  In 1948, she met and married Wallace Bryan Oliver, a union that was to last nearly 63 years.  We are comforted knowing they’re together again.

In addition to raising their family, Helene and Wallace were avid duplicate bridge players, both reaching life master status.  Mrs. Oliver, who began playing the game with her parents in her teens, continued playing to the end – nearly 90 years – her last game only two days before her death.

Helene Oliver was preceded in death by her beloved Wallace in 2011, and her dear sister Charlotte Kause Tucker in 2016.  She is survived and lovingly remembered by son Wallace Kause Oliver (Cherie); daughter Jeannette Lee Oliver; nieces Dana Prandoni (Joe) and Ann Tucker ; and ‘adoptees’ Michelle Jagusch and Hourvash Afrassiabi.  She will be missed by all who knew her.

Visitation will be held at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Blvd West. Silver Spring, MD 20901 Saturday November 16, 2019 from 3 to 5 pm.