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Olga Marie Boerger, 94 years young, passed peacefully to her eternal rewards on February 24, 2016. The daughter of Italian immigrants Angelo and Elizabeth Bo Salicetti was born on April 12, 1921 in Calumet, Michigan, moving at an early age to the Los Angeles area where she and her brothers Albert and Nicholas spent their formative years. It was there she met her husband, Ernest Boerger. During the war years, the strikingly beautiful Olga was both a model and one of thousands of "Rosie the Riveters", building aircraft for the war effort, which she took great pride in over the years. After the war, the factory worker and loving wife became a devoted homemaker and mother to her three children, Ernie Junior, Marilyn, and Ronald. Ernest's jobs in the defense industry and Civil Service took the family many places before settling for good in San Antonio in the mid-1960s. At each stop Olga was the bedrock of the family, doing whatever was necessary to support the family and keep a happy home. She was a skilled French weaver who loved making things with her hands. For over a decade beginning in the 1970s, Olga was a dedicated volunteer at Southeast Baptist Hospital, where her cheery smile and can-do spirit were welcomed by all who knew her. She loved to travel, and trips to Colorado and later Las Vegas were highlights she greatly looked forward to. After the passing of Ernest, Sr. in 2005, she still loved to get in the car and tour Texas, and until her health declined late in life continued to make the occasional visit to casinos in Eagle Pass, Las Vegas, or Louisiana. Health concerns in 2012 caused her to move to St. Francis Nursing Home, whose staff doted upon her, and where she was able to reconnect with her Catholic faith. She loved getting her hair and nails done, dressing sharply, and to the end was known to all as a fashionable, cheerful woman who blessed all who came into contact with her. Olga was preceded in passing by her husband, Ernest, parents Angelo and Elizabeth Bo Salicetti, and brothers Nicholas Saunders and Albert Saunders. She is survived by her children, Ernest, Jr., Marilyn, Ronald, and her dear daughter-in-law Leslie Parker Boerger. A Catholic Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00, Monday, February 29th, at the Kolbe Chapel at St. Francis Nursing Home, 630 W Woodlawn Ave, San Antonio, with interment immediately to follow at Mission Park South, 1700 SE Military. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to St. Francis Nursing Home, to whom the family expresses their sincere thanks and great appreciation for the loving care Olga received in her final years.

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Olga Marie Boerger

April 12, 1921 - February 24, 2016