Olivia Clapp

Olivia J. Clapp passed away peacefully on May 14, 2022. She was born Juanita Olivia Batten on November 5, 1931 to Ruben and Carrie Lee Batten in Green Cove Springs, FL. She graduated Valedictorian of Clay County High School and received her R.N. from Grady School of Nursing at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. In 1956 she met and married Donald B. Clapp of Melrose, Massachusetts, an Air Force Chaplain. Their daughter Carol Elizabeth was born in 1963, and in 1968 the family settled in Atlanta, Georgia where Olivia began a 35 year nursing career with Georgia Childrens Medical Services. After Don passed away in 1991, Olivia retired from nursing and moved to Murphysboro, Illinois to be near Carols family. In 1999, the family relocated to rural Champaign County, IL and Olivia settled in Savoy, Illinois. Olivia enjoyed spending time with granddaughters Alex Hays (30) and Abbey Hays (25), oil painting, reading, gardening, volunteering and playing cards. In 2019 she welcomed great grandson Everest Scott Sandrock (3), son of Alex. She lived independently until her health declined in March 2022, when she moved into the Gifford nursing home where she passed away. The family plans a memorial tree planting at her favorite Champaign park and a memorial bench in her name at the Champaign County Forest Preserve, where the Hays family regularly enjoys spending time together. Over her 90 years, Olivia was loved by many and will be remembered fondly and dearly missed by her family and friends.

Cremation arrangements have been made at Sunset Funeral Home and Cremation Center 1102 Churchill Rd.in Mahomet IL. 61853