Timothy Allen Olmstead

Timothy Allen Olmstead was born in Huntsville, Texas on September 10, 1954. He was the second of three sons, born to Anita Gilstrap Olmstead and Robert Wilbourn Olmstead. Tim grew up in Pasadena, graduating from Pasadena High School in 1973 and moving to Austin, Texas where he graduated from the University of Texas with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance in 1976. By 1980, Tim had earned his MBA in Finance from the University of Houston and started working at Texas Commerce Bank (later Chase) as a Cashier. By 1989, Tim was asked to be part of a team to create a new, state of the art, credit operations center for the Bank due his ability to foresee issues and develop solutions. Tim’s extraordinary focus, strategic vision and ability to stay calm in a crisis helped the Consumer Credit Operations Center become a Center of Excellence for the company. Tim’s strategic thinking took him to be Chief of Staff for the Texas Retail Banking Department and later to New York where he was instrumental in planning the direction of the department during the Chase and Bank One mergers. After retiring and traveling extensively through Asia, Australia, Canada, New York, San Francisco and England, Tim went back to banking at Amegy Bank where he was Chief of Staff for the Retail and Business Bank and Finance Manager for Amegy. Tim retired this year as a Senior Vice President. Throughout his career, he has mentored, listened and given advice to all who have asked. Tim is predeceased in death by his parents, Anita and Robert Olmstead, and his grandparents, C. H. (Sam) and Hazel H. Gilstrap, and Tracye Bell Allen Olmstead and Wilbourn Starkes Olmstead. Tim is survived by his brothers, Robert Olmstead and wife Harriet of Lynn Haven, FL, and Mark Olmstead and wife, Sara of Katy, TX; nephews, Robert Olmstead and wife Mandy of Sylvester, GA, Taylor Olmstead of Lynn Haven, FL; Mike Olmstead of Katy, TX, Brian Olmstead and family of New Port Richie, FL; nieces, Heather Miller and family of Memphis, TN, and Gretchen Cascio and family of Shreveport, LA; aunt, DeAnna Gideon; cousins, Sabrina Hamilton, Gene Skidmore, Mike Skidmore and Brett Skidmore. Visitation for friends and family will be Friday January 18th 9:30am to 11:00am at Sam Houston Memorial Funeral Home. A graveside service will follow at 11:00am Friday January 18th, 2019 at Oakwood Cemetery, Huntsville, TX.

Timothy Allen Olmstead

September 10, 1954 - January 13, 2019