Olive Carruth Brasso

Olive Carruth Brasso passed away in Escondido, Calif. on April 11, 2017 at the age of 87.

Olive grew up in Washington, DC, the daughter of a newspaper editor (Oliver Edward Carruth) and a teacher (Sally Wilson Carruth). With her first husband, Vaughn Denning, she raised four sons and moved multiple times to meet the demands of an Air Force wife.

Olive ran a warm and loving household, working hard to make it home while handling moves from the DC area to Germany, Alabama, back to the DC area in Springfield, Va., and finally on to Southern California.

After divorcing in 1980, Olive met and married Tibor “Ty” Brasso. Ty shared Olive’s sense of humor, free spirit, and love of adventure. Olive and Ty thrived with this new life change as they embarked on a series of adventures including restoring a Victorian home, running a restaurant, traveling the country in an RV, and later moving to a rural home in the hills of Fallbrook.

Olive also fully embraced her long love of tennis and she and Ty were regulars at the Fallbrook Tennis Club, where they made many great friends. Olive and Ty shared more than 35 years of love and devotion to each other.

Olive will be remembered for making the best out of every situation, living life with laughter and enthusiasm, showing strength and unconditional love, and creating amazing memories for all in her life. She left us as she lived, her life full of those who loved her deeply. Private services were held by the family.