Long- time Columbia County resident Olga Kathleen Brown passed away Oct. 29, 2011 at Dayton General Hospital. A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Mrs. Brown was born Oct. 17, 1924 in Athena, Ore., to George and Sarah Stretch Richardson. She attended schools in the Walla Walla area. She married Glen Brown on June 7, 1941 in Lewiston, Idaho. They lived in Walla Walla County and near Boardman, Ore., before moving to their farm near Dayton in March 1946.

Olga was a homemaker most of her life and enjoyed cooking and baking. She was well known for her pies, home made pastries and jellie...