OLIVE, JoDee


West Valley View, Avondale, Arizona Tuesday, September 18, 2012 JoDee Olive, 56, of Litchfield Park died Sept. 4, 2012. Mrs. Olive was born Oct. 8, 1955, in El Paso, Texas. She was raised in Gallup, N.M., before moving to Phoenix in 1992. She spent the last 30 years working for the U.S. Department of Defense before retiring this year. She is survived by two daughters, Ondrea and Ashlee; and three grandchildren. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Thompson Funeral Chapel, 926 S. Litchfield Road in Goodyear. A celebration of life reception will follow. Memorials can be made to the National Lung Cancer Partnership at www.nationallungcancerpartnership.org. Condolences can be sent to the family at www.thompsonfuneralchapel.com.