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Donny & Marie Osmond's Mother Dies
Associated Press
Olive Osmond, the mother of Marie and Donny Osmond
<http://entertainment.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=44839> and other members
of the performing family, died Sunday. She was 79. Family spokesman Ron
Clark said she died of complications from a massive stroke she suffered more
than two years ago. Her condition began to deteriorate last week and family
members were by her bedside.
"She was surrounded by those who made her life worthwhile and complete,"
Clark said. "Many of her children were at her side.
(Story Continues Below...)
She couldn't have passed with any greater love and peace than existed in
that room."
She was born in 1925 to Thomas and Vera Ann Davis in Samaria, Idaho, where
her father was a principal.
She later moved to Ogden, Utah, where she was a secretary at the Adjutant
General Depot. There she met George V. Osmond, the soldier she married in
1944.
Both enjoyed music. George sang and Olive played the saxophone, and they
passed along their love of music to their children.
Their first two sons, Virl and Tom, developed degenerative hearing losses
that affected their speech. The next four sons, Alan, Wayne, Merrill and
Jay, had no signs of hearing loss and began singing close four-part
harmonies as children. They performed as the Osmond Brothers, producing 34
gold and platinum records in the 1960s and 1970s.
They were later joined by Donny, Marie and Jimmy Osmond.
The family toured internationally and made numerous recordings and TV
appearances. From 1976-79, Donny and Marie Osmond hosted the television
program "The Donny and Marie Show," which their older brothers helped
produce.
Olive Osmond is survived by her husband, nine children, 55 grandchildren and
22 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services are pending.
©AP
Olive Osmond with Donny and Marie
Associated Press
Olive Osmond, the mother of Marie and Donny Osmond
<http://entertainment.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=44839> and other members
of the performing family, died Sunday. She was 79. Family spokesman Ron
Clark said she died of complications from a massive stroke she suffered more
than two years ago. Her condition began to deteriorate last week and family
members were by her bedside.
"She was surrounded by those who made her life worthwhile and complete,"
Clark said. "Many of her children were at her side.
(Story Continues Below...)
She couldn't have passed with any greater love and peace than existed in
that room."
She was born in 1925 to Thomas and Vera Ann Davis in Samaria, Idaho, where
her father was a principal.
She later moved to Ogden, Utah, where she was a secretary at the Adjutant
General Depot. There she met George V. Osmond, the soldier she married in
1944.
Both enjoyed music. George sang and Olive played the saxophone, and they
passed along their love of music to their children.
Their first two sons, Virl and Tom, developed degenerative hearing losses
that affected their speech. The next four sons, Alan, Wayne, Merrill and
Jay, had no signs of hearing loss and began singing close four-part
harmonies as children. They performed as the Osmond Brothers, producing 34
gold and platinum records in the 1960s and 1970s.
They were later joined by Donny, Marie and Jimmy Osmond.
The family toured internationally and made numerous recordings and TV
appearances. From 1976-79, Donny and Marie Osmond hosted the television
program "The Donny and Marie Show," which their older brothers helped
produce.
Olive Osmond is survived by her husband, nine children, 55 grandchildren and
22 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services are pending.
©AP
Olive Osmond with Donny and Marie
