Olive Pastrana
7-9-1926 ~ 11-2-2012
Olive Pastrana of Harrah, Washington, 86, passed away suddenly on November 2nd, 2012 due to a car accident. Olive was born on July 9th, 1926 in Toltec, Colorado to Toribio and Maclovia Lucero (Walsenburg) and she graduated from Crowley County High School in 1944. She worked as the bookkeeper for Harrah Hardware until her retirement. Olive loved to garden, visit with friends, and exercised regularly.
She is survived by her only son, Jose M. Pastrana of Fall City, WA, his wife Nancy Pastrana, and her granddaughters Salina Pastrana of Issaquah, WA and Landa Pastrana of Monroe, WA. She is also survived by many cousins still living in the Walsenburg and Crowley area.
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