Olin Don Hime ....Age 87

VISITATION: 6-8PM MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2015
EDDY-BIRCHARD FUNERAL HOME

SERVICE: 10:00AM TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
EDDY-BIRCHARD CHAPEL

BURIAL: CENTERVILLE CEMETERY, CENTERVILLE, KANSAS

MEMORIAL: MEMORIALS OF YOUR CHOICE

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Olin Don Hime, 87, of Shawnee, Kansas, died Friday, August 28, 2015, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center.

Born December 15, 1927, in Centerville, Kansas, Olin was the eldest child of Olin Don and Myrtle I. (Johnson) Hime. He grew up in Centerville and surrounding areas attending school in Blue Mound. His family settled in Farlinville, Kansas, and Olin graduated from Mound City High School with the class of 1946.

Shortly after graduation he enlisted in the United States Navy and was stationed in Washington D.C. where he worked in top secret communications from 1946 until he was honorably discharged on March 19, 1948. Olin never divulged the information entrusted to him and kept these matters top secret for the rest of his life.

After returning home from the Navy he worked in the hay fields of Western Kansas.

On July 30, 1949, Olin married the love of his life, Thresa “Roberta” Obermeier, in Paola, Kansas. Olin worked on a local bridge crew and they made their home in Osawatomie where they attended the First United Methodist Church.

Olin later took a position with the Missouri Pacific Railroad and began a four year apprenticeship to become a Carman. He then transferred to the Rock Island Railroad which later became the Southern Pacific Railroad. The railroad kept the family on the move for many years; from Osawatomie to Holton in 1957, Topeka in 1958, Overland Park in 1960, and Florissant, Missouri in 1969. In 1979 the family finally settled in Shawnee, Kansas. Olin retired from the railroad as an Assistant District Mechanical Officer in December 1989 after more than forty years of service. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen.

Olin was a talented back yard gardener. He raised wonderful tomatoes among other plants and produce. He enjoyed fishing, as well as deer hunting with his son. He was a devoted KU Basketball fan and delighted in teasing his great granddaughter…a K-State girl. Over the years, Olin and Roberta collected a beautiful assortment of Imperial Slag Glass. He liked refurbishing antique travel trunks and engaging in various fix it projects. As an avid genealogist Olin spent many hours compiling family histories with Roberta. They enjoyed their trips to Ohio and other areas of the Midwest conducting research.

After retirement he and Roberta traveled to many different states, including: Arizona, Florida, Washington, Oregon, Wyoming, Maryland and New York. They visited Niagara Falls, the Atlantic Ocean, Yellowstone National Park, and even traveled to Canada.

Olin was preceded in death by his parents, his brother Lowell Hime, and his daughter Connie Jeanne Hime.

He is survived by Roberta, his wife of sixty-six years; daughter Teresa Gail Grimes and husband David, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri; son David Hime and wife Susan, of Paola, Kansas; brother Charles “Bill” Hime of Oskaloosa, Kansas; sister Katherine “Katie” Jones and husband Ted, of Osawatomie, Kansas; sister Artie Stuteville of Paola, Kansas; and sister Cora Evans and husband David, of Paola, Kansas. He also leaves behind five grandchildren: David J. Grimes and wife Rachael, Teresa Markos and husband Geoff, James Grimes and wife Tiffaney, Dennis Chanay II and Erin Hime; as well as seven great grandchildren: Noah Grimes, Holly Grimes, David D. Grimes, Riley Grimes, Kiersten Markos, Kris Markos, Olivia Grimes, and another baby girl on the way.

Olin was a wonderful family man who will be fondly remembered by his many family members and a lifetime of friends.