Ollie Jane Lamb of Chelsea, Michigan, age 103, passed away Monday, February 9, 2026, at the Chelsea Retirement Community. She was born June 15, 1922, in East Bernstadt, Kentucky, the daughter of Delbert Anderson and Minnie Susan Jones.
Ollie graduated from Rushcreek High School in Bremen, Ohio, in 1940, where she played basketball, volleyball, and was on the State Championship Softball team. She went on to Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky, where she played on the basketball team and earned her bachelor’s degree in 1947. She was very active in the churches her husband, Rev. Ray Lamb, pastored. Ollie was a self-taught painter and that became one of her favorite pastimes. She was a talented seamstress and for a time made most of her own clothes. She also enjoyed needlepoint, embroidery, and crocheting. She was an accomplished athlete in many sports earning several golfing and bowling trophies. Ollie was a sweet, gentle, kind person and was loved by everyone.
Ollie married Rev. Dr. Raymond Richard Lamb on September 2, 1945, in Bremen, Ohio. He preceded her in death on January 6, 2005. She is survived by her son, Marvin of Berkeley, California; 5 grandchildren, Nicholas Lamb and Christopher (Jillian) Lamb, Jenna Krusich, Seth (Kelly) Krusich and Jessica (Don) Koehn; 3 step-grandchildren, Ian, Lyndsay and Leah; and 6 great-grandchildren, June Amy Lamb, Jessa and Emma Kozlowski, Kru and Karis Koehn, and Lydia Krusich. In addition to her husband, Raymond, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Judy Krusich in 1979; daughter-in-law, Amy Strage in 2018; and second husband, Elmer Sanders.
A memorial service will be held Monday, February 23, 2026, 1 p.m. at the Chelsea Retirement Community All Seasons Chapel in Towsley Village, with Chaplain Elisabeth Seymour officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to the UMRC Porter Hills Benevolent Care Fund East or the Judy Lamb Krusich Memorial Scholarship Fund at Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky, (under designation, choose “other” and type in the full name of fund). Arrangements were entrusted to Cole Funeral Chapel in Chelsea.
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