Olson, Nancy E. (Elder) 1939-2009
ZEHR, ELDER, OLSON, FISH, FREIER, HIRSCHY
Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 7/25/2009 at 17:20:12
Nancy E. Olson
Nancy E. Olson, 70, of Waukon died Saturday, June 13, 2009 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 16 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Waukon, with Rev. Lynn G. Groe officiating. Burial was held in St. Peter Cemetery, Denver. Martin Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Nancy Eileene Olson was born January 25, 1939 in Mount Pleasant, the daughter of Samuel and Myrtle (Zehr) Elder. She was baptized and confirmed at Wayland Mennonite Church. Nancy graduated from Wayland High School in 1957 and graduated from Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant in 1961. She did graduate work at Wartburg College in Waverly.
August 6, 1963 she married Wendell William Alfred Olson at the Wayland Mennonite Church in Wayland. Nancy was a Home Economics teacher for several years in Garwin, Britt and Allison. She and Wendell moved to Waukon in 1972, where they owned and operated the Village Motel for 10 years. In 1982, they purchased the Anderson Feed Store in Waukon, which they operated for 12 years. Nancy also was a librarian at the Waukon Library for many years.
Nancy was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, where she was active in WELCA and Altar Guild. She enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren, playing cards with her card club, reading, cooking, traveling, shopping, sewing and working in her flower garden.
Survivors include three daughters, Erika (Bryan) Fish of Waukon, Kristen (Jamie) Freier of Omaha, NE and Sarah Olson of Decorah; four grandchildren, Travis, Jillian and Jenna Fish and Brigita Freier; a sister, Bonnie Hirschy of Wayland; a brother, James Elder of Irwin; and special friends, Jean and Joe Kroack of Waukon. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Wendell. who died in 1994; a sister-in-law, Joyce Elder; and a brother-in-law, Duwaine Hirschy.
Casketbearers were Bryan Fish, Jamie Freier, Joe Kroack, Darrell Schultz, Leonard Waters and Cletus Fish.
The Waukon Standard, June 17, 2009
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