Riley Michael Olmstead – 10

Riley M. Olmstead, age 10 of Clinton passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2026 following a brave, hard 4-year battle with medulloblastoma, a type of brain cancer. A Celebration of Life for Riley will take place from 2:00 to 5:00 pm on Saturday, April 18, 2026 at Bluff Elementary School, 1421 South Bluff Blvd. in Clinton. The Pape Funeral Home is assisting the family.
Riley was born in Phoenix, Arizona on October 6, 2015, the son of Jason and Tracy (Bamman) Olmstead. He was a third-grade student at Bluff Elementary School where his favorite subject was art. Riley loved drawing, cooking, playing outdoors, and animals, especially penguins and snow leopards. Minecraft and Roblox were his favorites and he loved chicken wing movie nights. He was always up for telling and playing jokes on everyone. Riley loved spending time with his grandma Kathy cooking and grandpa Steve working in his garage. He was a curious and inquisitive little boy who was interested in learning about everything. He was a friend to everyone he met.
Riley is survived by his parents Jason and Tracy Olmstead; grandparents, Steve and Kathy Bamman of Clinton, Linda Moyer of Clinton; uncles, Joe (Jenna) Olmstead of Clinton and Justin Olmstead of Camanche; aunts, Jamie (Jared) Wolfe of Phoenix and Jessica (Takashi) Fujiwara of Clinton, his special friends John Lauritzen, Abby Albrechtsen, support stuffy Snowey and his dog Charlie. He was preceded in death by his grandfather Vern Olmstead and an uncle Kevin Bamman. Memorials may be made in his name to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Online condolences may be left at www.papefh.com.