Olga May Gill was the fifth of nine children born to Mr. Ivan Valentine and Antoinette Celestina Gill in Belize City, Belize (formerly British Honduras) on May 17, 1930. She grew up surrounded by the love of not only her parents and siblings, but doting grandparents, uncles, aunts, and one aunt in particular who was like a second mother, Florence (Flo) Gill. At that time, children were raised with heavy doses of discipline and love . It was a time when neighbors looked out for one another and the school and church were an extension of the home. It was a simpler time, to be sure, and Olga thrived. She completed Wesley Elementary School, and St. Hilda's College. She was a natural mimic and excelled in school performances and was always recruited to do recitations. But her love was singing, and she enjoyed nothing more than the choir. Olga was beautiful and popular, and she had no shortage of friends and suitors. Olga also knew tragedy. The sudden death of her oldest sister, Louise, devastated th eir close-knit family.

Like many young adults at that time, Olga moved to the United States to improve her prospects. But although the statue of liberty, beckons the world's tired and poor, life as an immigrant can be brutal, especially for a woman of color without friends and connections. Olga worked hard as a domestic worker for decades, and then later she worked as a short order cook in the cafeteria at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, and finally as a preschool teacher when she moved to Los Angeles, California to care for her beloved Aunt Flo.

Although Olga never had children and never accumulated worldly goods, her heart was large, and she shared what little she had with her family. She sent what she could to her mother in Belize, and gifts here and there for a niece or nephew needing school fees or uniforms. To most of her nieces and nephews she has been a second mother giving us every ounce of herself. Olga not only loved the children in the family, but she nurtured other children as well. As a member of Wheaton Christian Center, she was very active in the children's ministry. She spent countless hours planning lessons for her young students, and they returned her devotion in full.

Above all, Olga, was a devoted follower of Jesus. Her relationship with Jesus Christ sustained her through many personal trials and tribulations including the ravaging effects of dementia on her body and psyche.  But God was gracious to her until the very end, in that even in the midst of global pandemic, Olga was able to return to the home of her sister, Sheila , and brother-in-love, Carlton , where she was lovingly cared for by her nieces and great-nieces. Hers was a gentle death, and we rejoice that she is now reunited with her loved ones and singing in the heavenly choir flanked by angels.

Olga was preceded in death by her parents, Ivan and Antoinette Gill; sisters Louise Gill and Ma zie Guild, brother Reverend Har o ld Gill , and just two days after her "Irish twin," Eric Duncan Gill with whom she will be funeralized; nephews Randolph Guild, Collin Arnold, Norris and Kevin Thompson and Norman Gill Jr. and most recently her, nephew-in-love, Timothy S. Krahenbuhl. Left to cherish her memory are her sisters: Florence Thompson and Pastor Sheila Arthurs; brothers: Norman and Eustace Gill; brother-in-love, Pastor Carlton R. Arthurs, a host of nieces and nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews, and many other friends and relatives whose lives she has forever touched.