Blanche Olson Young, 1896-1978

YOUNG, OLSON, KRIER, MARONDE, RICHARD

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 4/22/2009 at 06:52:28

Blanche Young Funeral Services Held Saturday

Mrs. Glen (Blanche L.) Young, 81, a former Wallingford resident but in later years residing in Estherville, died Thursday at the Good Samaritan Center, Estherville.

Services for Mrs. Young, were held 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Wallingford Lutheran Church with the Rev. Wesley Brodin officiating. Internment was in the Riverside cemetery, Wallingford.

Mrs. Young was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ole Olson, she was born April 7, 1896, at Wallingford. She received her education in rural Wallingford schools and was married to Glen A. Young, January 17, 1917, at her home in Wallingford.

The couple farmed east of Wallingford until Mr. Young's death in 1958. Mrs. Young then moved to Estherville in 1961. Mrs. Young was a lifelong member of the Wallingford Lutheran Church and a charter member of the Wallingford American Legion Auxiliary.

Survivors are two sons, Stanley Young, Estherville and Dale Young, Wallingford; three daughters, Mrs. Gordon (Marjorie) Maronde, Bloomington, Minn., Mrs. Wilbert (Lorene) Krier, Estherville, and Mrs. Wayne (Norma) Richard, Estherville; 10 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, two brothers, Lloyd Olson, Estherville and Norman Olson, rural Estherville.

Source: Graettinger Times, Graettinger, Iowa, January 12, 1978.