E. Lorene Stack

E. Lorene Stack died Dec. 28, 2020. She was 95.

Stack was born in Portland, Oregon on March 25, 1925. She grew up in Portland and graduated from Oregon State University in 1947. She married her high school sweetheart, Bernard G. Olsen in 1948, after he returned from the service in World War II. She moved to Livermore in 1960, when her husband was recruited by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, to establish the Training and Education Department. She took great pride in her community and was a 20-year associate member with the Livermore Chamber of Commerce, and a commissioner for the Human Services Commission for the City of Livermore for eight years. After her husband passed, she worked at the LLNL, and retired in 1990.

She is survived by her daughters, Lori Olsen and J.J. Olsen (Mike McCrory), her 3 grandchildren, BeLinda Olsen Renteria-Toscano (Hugo Renteria-Toscano), Molly Olsen McCrory, and Bailey Olsen McCrory, and one great granddaughter, Dahlia Renteria-Toscano. She was preceded in death by her husband Bernard G. Olsen in 1972 and did not remarry.

She was buried with her husband at the Willamette National Cemetery near Portland, Oregon. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to First Presbyterian Church, 2020 Fifth Street, Livermore or Tri-Valley SOCKs (Bras for the Cause), PO Box 1196, Livermore, www.trivalleysocks.org.

A celebration of life will be held on March 26, 2022, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Please call 925-200-4375 for details.