Anne Olmstead ’69

Though she left this life too soon at the age of 54 as the result of cancer, Anne Olmstead lived a full and vibrant life pursuing her passions in music, bicycling, church involvement, and volunteer work in her community and with the elderly.  After graduation from Carleton, she was a VISTA volunteer with the Red Cross and worked in a VA hospital in Philadelphia and then pursued social service work and training in Illinois for a time.  She then moved back to her home town of Carlisle, PA and found her way to data processing and worked for a number of years doing coding for large corporations.  She had studied flute at Carleton and, in later years in her off hours, continued her love of music through singing in the choir at her church, starting a bell choir, learning to play the hammer dulcimer, and serving as the music librarian for a community-wide Messiah sing.  She also loved to bicycle, mentoring tours for local groups and enjoying various tours abroad.  Her sister, Marjorie Olmstead Fiddler ‘66, who survives her, related that Anne had very fond memories of Carleton.  She felt the importance of it in her life and demonstrated this with a contribution in her will.

Elizabeth Baker ’69