Elva was born March 10, 1930, to Guy and Bessie (Parsons) Harp, the sixth of nine children. She married Joe Lolley on November 1, 1947, in Valentine, NE. Elva was a lady of many talents- mother, ranch wife, cook for BIA, babysitter and baby quilt maker.

Elva Marie Lolley, 86, Hot Springs, passed away at the Michael J. Fitzmaurice State Veterans Home in Hot Springs, February 18, 2017.

Elva is survived by her husband of 69 years, Joe; three children; Jerry (Harriet) Lolley, Sturgis, Mary Reimer, Hot Springs, and Paul (Susan) Lolley, Bonaire, GA; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; two sisters, Lois Smith, Mustang, OK, and Leona Bilt, Ainsworth, NE; and all of the children she babysat and loved.

She was preceded in death by her parents; grandson, Charles Isaaca in 1995; brothers, Kenneth, Carmen, and Richard: sisters, Garths Duetsch, Athel Whiting, and Betsy Morlang.

Elva was cremated with inurnment taking place at a later date.