Remembering Olga Meyer Seim
by Louise Meyer Seim
As I write this, my mind and heart continue to return to “memories
of my sister Olga. One of the three - Louise, Helen, Olga. Helen, the middle,
serious, multi-talented one. (Her favorite question of the other two was, “What’s
so funny?”
We three are the ones who were left behind in Oxford when Dad accepted
the call to Worms. I was already employed in the doctor’s office,
and the other two were about to graduate from Oxford High School. So, a
couple kind elderly people in the congregation said they would board and
room us. Well, Olga and I thought it was great, but Helen was homesick,
wanting to follow the rest of the family to Worms.
As I recall, Olga enjoyed her last months as a Senior in Oxford High -
being popular with all of her classmates, and I think continued her friendship
with a couple of the girls into recent years.
Then came the day when they both graduated and went home. So, when I made
my first visit to Worms, there was Olga, in love with Ray, and saying good-bye
to one very good friend she left behind in Chicago. Well, we all know how
that story ended. How much we all enjoyed our many visits at the Ray & Olga
Farm. And they never complained about the mischief our city kids could
dream up on the farm!
Olga and I could play duets on the piano - and of course, we know she also
took her turn at the church pipe organ in Worms.
But mostly, too, I must tell you Olga was one good cook even if she denied
that fact to her dying day. She had the ability to pull together a delicious
dinner for a full table of people and also whip up a great pie.
Here, by the way is her recipe for her famous Butterscotch Pie: Try it
and remember her serving it to a houseful of guests:
1 cup of brown sugar
2 tbsp. of flour
2 egg yolks
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1-1/2 cups of milk
Mix all ingredients and cook over low fire until thick, stirring constantly.
Pour into a crust and cool before serving.
I wish now that I could recall many incidents when this sister and I could
see the funny side and others could not, but that was too many years ago,
tucked away in my old brain.
God bless you.
Watch Olga Seim slide show here.
Olga Seim
from the Grand Island Independent
ADAMS -- Olga L. Seim, 91, formerly of Grand Island, died Saturday, June
9, 2007, at Gold Crest Retirement Center in Adams.
Services
will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Zion Lutheran Church in Worms. The
Revs. Craig Niemeier and Karl P. Ziegler will officiate. Burial will
be in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the church. Peters Funeral
Home in St. Paul is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Seim was born Nov. 23, 1915, at Steger, Ill., to the Rev. H. William
and Emma (Kruse) Meyer. She was preceded in death by her husband,
Reynold Seim, and two sons, Jerry and Robert.
Survivors of the immediate family include two daughters and sons-in-law,
Judy and Ray Gubser of Virginia, Marilyn and Jeff Havekost of Denver; a
son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Marlene Seim of Omaha; a daughter-in-law,
Carol Seim of Grand Island; three sisters, Ruth Seim of Hemet, Calif.,
Louise Seim of Portland, Ore., and Sam Harris of Ogden, Utah; and a brother,
Bill Meyer of Austin, Texas. Other survivors include 17 grandchildren
and 27 great-grandchildren.
Olga received her education at Hampton and graduated from Oxford High School
in 1932. She was confirmed at Christ Lutheran Church in Oxford. After her
schooling, she lived in Chicago for a short time.
She married Reynold Seim on July 23, 1936, at Zion Lutheran Church in Worms.
They lived in Utah for 10 years before returning to Worms. They farmed
the family farm south of Worms until they retired to St. Paul in 1984.
After Mr. Seim's death in 1986, Olga lived in St. Paul, Grand Island and
Papillion. For the past eight months, she lived in Gold Crest Retirement
Center in Adams.
She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Zion Lutheran Dorcas Ladies Aid.
She had a passion for playing the piano and did so for the nursing home
in Palmer for many years.
She was also preceded in death by her parents, four sisters and five brothers.
Memorials are suggested to Zion Lutheran Church, Worms, Nebraska.