Olive May (Gernatt) Stang September 14, 1935 - November 16, 2024 Of Perrysburg, NY at age 89. Born to Rita and Paul Gernatt, beloved wife of 64 years to the late Werner Stang; loving mother of Jean (Phillip) Terrano, Mary (Jeffrey, Sr.) Cooke, Karl (Marcia), Paul (Maria), Anton "Tony" (Luyine), Daniel (Nicole), Susan (Bruce) Bowman, Richard (Terri) and Patricia (Ronald, Jr.) Wittmeyer. Devoted grandmother of Matthew Terrano, James "Cap" (Cady) Cooke, Jane (Cody) Smith, Amanda (Lucas) Dackowsky, Laura (Kyle) Schultz, Katie and Megan Stang, Elizabeth "Libby" (Thomas) Patterson, Rebecca, Erika and Ethan Stang, Hayley and Daniel Stang, Sara (Ryan) Seward, Kevin Bowman, Eric (Mary) Bowman, Emily and Beth Stang, Katherine, Megan, Gretchen and Nicholas Wittmeyer. Loving great-grandmother of eight. Survived by brother Joseph "Duffer" (Jenny) Gernatt, sisters Joyce Kehr, Rose Marie (Robert) Butzer, Mary Richmond, Annette (John) Noto, Bernadette Folts and Diane (Stephen) Woloszyn, sisters-inlaw Annette and Elaine Gernatt and Sr. Lucina Stang, OSF and brothers-in-law Norbert Gabel and Harold Butzer. Predeceased by grand-daughter Kristen Stang; brothers Paul "Digger" and Arthur Gernatt; sisters Rita Gabel, Theresa Butzer, Suzanne Niefergold and Joan Schuster; brothers-in-law Martin Niefergold, Charles Richmond and Merton Folts; sister-in-law Rosemarie Angermeier and her husband Anthony. Olive was a friend to all and a mentor to many. She graduated from college with a Bachelor's Degree in Home Economics Education and taught at Forestville High School for a brief time before starting a family and devoting herself to raising children and operating a dairy farm with her husband. She was a long-time 4-H leader and involved for decades through Cornell Cooperative Extension as a Master Gardener and a Master Food Preserver. Olive served St. Joseph Parish as a Eucharistic Minister and as a member of the Altar & Rosary Society. The Heavenly Angels Bazaar was an annual Altar Society fundraiser that Olive supported with a canned goods booth featuring many jams, pickles and preserves including her famous dilly beans. A funeral was held at St. Joseph's on November 22 after which Olive was laid to rest at Holy Cross Cemetery. Memorials in Olive's name may be made to the Perrysburg Volunteer Fire Company, PO Box 206, Perrysburg, NY 14129 or to St. Joseph Church, 26 Erie Ave, Gowanda, NY 14070.