Obituary: "Mickey" Oliver, Beloved Citizen Of Somers

Funeral Procession for Florence "Mickey" Oliver
May 13, 2011.  Photo from NCNLocal.com. 

Florence "Mickey" Oliver died May 6 at her home in Somers, NY. She was 96.
Mrs. Oliver was the official Town Historian for Somers.  More than that, she was a “kind woman with a great smile who many described as a pillar of the Somers community”, according to the obituary in NCNLocal.com posted on Thursday. On Friday, hundreds of family, friends, and community members attended the funeral and quarter mile procession from St. Luke's Church to Ivandell Cemetery.   The flag at the Town hall flew at half-mast. Before her death, the Town Board started the process to dedicate the original Farmstead at Angle Fly Preserve in her name.
At the LoHud.com Guest Book, David Murphy from Carmel, NY expressed the sentiments of many in saying:
Mrs. Oliver was one of those special people maybe you are lucky enough to encounter once in your lifetime. Every conversation with her was more interesting than the last. I am honored to have known her. She will be missed by many.


NCNLocal.com has two stories, Somers Town Historian Mickey Oliver dies at 96, and Hundreds process down Route 100 for late Somers Town Historian. 
The LoHud.com obituary is here.

LINKS:
http://ncnlocal.com/ncnlocal_news/article_e70eaf40-7d10-11e0-8a86-001cc4c002e0.html
http://ncnlocal.com/ncnlocal_news/article_16bacc98-7dbf-11e0-bafc-001cc4c002e0.html
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lohud/obituary.aspx?n=florence-s-oliver-mickey&pid=150970696