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Earl D. Oliver, Major General, United States Army, Ret., peacefully became"our two star angel" on November 28, 1999, after a very brief battle with cancer. He will forever be loved by Pauline, his wife of 48 years, as well as his eight children, David D. Oliver and wife, Pam of Albuquerque, Deborah L. Pearce and husband, Chuck of Ft. Worth, TX, Dianna M. Sigler and husband, Michael of Albuquerque, Douglas P. Oliver and wife, Joanna of Albuquerque, Duke R. Oliver and wife, Linda of Albuquerque, Denis J. Sigler and husband, John of Boone, CO, Donna E. Burkhammer and husband, Elden of Albuquerque, and Dawn R. Trujillo and husband, Moses of Albuquerque; 30 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. General Oliver was born August 14, 1931 in Quincy, IL to Glenn and Vivian Oliver. He met his Polly in 1947 while in high school in Quincy. They married June 12, 1951, shortly after he joined the US Army. They moved their growing family to many army bases across the country before they decided to settle in Albuquerque in 1966. General Oliver served in Korea and Vietnam. He desperately loved and defended his country. Retiring from active duty in 1972, he found he wasn't quite ready to put his military career behind him and continued with the New Mexico State Defense Force until 1994. His love for music, his beautiful singing voice, reading, traveling the roads of his country and his never ending love, strength and guidance kept him very occupied and made him the love of our lives. He's now enjoying a walk with the Lord, his mother, father, his brother, Bruce, and his buddy dog,"Mr. D." Mr. Oliver was a member of Eastern Hills Baptist Church. Services will be held Wednesday, December 1, 1999, 10:30 a.m., at French Mortuary, Lomas Blvd. Chapel, 10500 Lomas Blvd. NE, with burial following at Santa Fe National Cemetery, 1:30 p.m., with the full military honors that the Major General earned. Contributions may be made to the American Heart Association - NM Affiliate, P.O. Box 90790, 87190-0790 or the American Diabetes Association of NM, 525 San Pedro NE #101, 87108."You are our superman, our hero, our light in the dark. We'll forever see your smirk and hear your beautiful voice singing from the heavens." Arrangements by French Mortuary, 10500 Lomas Blvd. NE.
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