Nora Mae Keifer-Olfs

Former Whitman County Commissioner Nora Mae Keifer-Olfs died February 23 at the age of 89 in Spokane at Faith Adult Family Home after a brief illness. The youngest of seven children, she was born Nora Mae Butterfield to Ben and Bessie Butterfield in Lacrosse, Wash., on August 28, 1933.

After spending some of her growing up years in Lacrosse and Newport, Wash., her family moved to Pullman when Nora Mae was in the 3rd grade. She grew up to attend Pullman High School, where she began to show the interest and involvement in the selfless acts of community service for which she was most well-known....