May 23, 2014
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September 27, 1956 – April 27, 2014
‘Hero’ postal worker dies in Hawaii
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A retired Clayton postal worker who has been called a “hero” by many died of a heart attack on April 27. Tony Oliver was at the counter on March 7, 2009, the day Shannon Bradley Moore flew into an unprovoked rage and stabbed Ray Casso to death. Oliver chased Moore down Center Street until bystanders and police could subdue him. Oliver then returned to the post office to sit with Casso in his last moments. Oliver, 57, never fully recovered from the trauma and sadness of the day, said Mary, his wife of 36 years. In 2012, he retired and moved with his family to Hilo, Hawaii. Despite mounting health problems, his wife says “he never let it affect his love of life and love of jokes.”
“He was always joking and telling stories,” recalls coworker Betty Asberry. “He made me laugh so hard.” Tony Oliver was born in Pohnpei, Micronesia, on Sept. 27, 1956. He served for six years in the U.S. Air Force as a Law Enforcement Specialist. He worked at the Clayton Post Office for 24 years. He is survived by his wife, Mary Oliver; and four adult children; Rita Turner, Tony Duke Oliver, Marcy Olmstead and Mary Oliver; his mother Renada Oliver and eight brothers and sisters, all of Pohnpei and Hawaii. The family’s first grandchild – a boy– is expected in June. “Tony was a hard-working family man,” says Mary Oliver. “He was very giving and loving and provided for his family and extended family with love and happiness.”
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