Olive Carruth Brasso

Olive Carruth Brasso passed away in Escondido, Calif. on April 11, 2017 at the age of 87.

Olive grew up in Washington, DC, the daughter of a newspaper editor (Oliver Edward Carruth) and a teacher (Sally Wilson Carruth). With her first husband, Vaughn Denning, she raised four sons and moved multiple times to meet the demands of an Air Force wife.

Olive ran a warm and loving household, working hard to make it home while handling moves from the DC area to Germany, Alabama, back to the DC area in Springfield, Va., and finally on to Southern California.

After divorcing in 1980, Olive met and marrie...