OLIVA L. ANSAY Devoted wife mother grandmother and great-grandmother Oliva (Risch) Ansay of 223 St. Rose Ave. in Fredonia died Saturday October 18th at St. Mary's Hospital in Mequon. She was 87 years of age. Oliva was born in Lake Church on March 8th 1916 the daughter of John and Katherine (Pohl) Risch. On April 6th 1940 she married Clarence Ansay at St. Mary's Church Lake Church. Mr. and Mrs. Ansay farmed on the edge of the village of Fredonia until January of 1980. Oliva was known for raising chickens and supplying eggs to friends and relatives. She and her husband were active in square dancing for many years. She also enjoyed playing cards traveling and cooking for her large family of children and grandchildren. An excellent seamstress she taught all of her daughters how to sew. She was a green-thumb gardener and enjoyed working in her flower beds and gardened up to the time of her death. Friends and family fondly remember Oliva as having a humble giving nature and a heart of gold. She lovingly cared for her wheelchair-bound husband Clarence after he had a second stroke in 1987 until his death in 1996. She was also preceded in death by three brothers and a grandson Ricky Peterson. Mrs. Ansay is survived by two sons: Lester (Lois) of Olathe KS; Ronald (Christine) of Fredonia; and four daughters: Marie Peterson and Joanne Podjaski of Fredonia; Bernice (Dennis) Jungers of West Bend; and Rosanne Wittkop of Simi Valley CA. She is also survived by seventeen grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by three brothers and a grandson Ricky Peterson. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday evening October 23 2003 leaving from the Eernisse Funeral Home Port Washington 1600 W. Grand Ave. going to Holy Rosary Parish St. Rose Chapel in Fredonia for Mass at 7:30 PM. Father Dick Fleischmann and Father James Ernster will officiate. She will be laid to rest next to her husband in St. Rose Cemetery the next day. The family will receive visitors at the Funeral Home Thursday from 3:30 -7PM. br /Service:br /7:30 PM at Holy Rosary Parish St. Rose Chapel on October 23 2003 (a target=_blank href=http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?city=Fredoniastate=WIaddress=zip=zoom=8map/driving directions/a) br/br/