Sadie C. Olson 1897-1970

OLSON, SUNDE, PETERSON, HEEFNER

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 6/1/2014 at 00:48:28

Sadie Olson Dies
Funeral services are pending for Sadie Olson, 72, Estherville, who died this morning at Holy Family Hospital. Reese-Henry Funeral Home in Estherville has charge of arrangements. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, March 16, 1970)

Sadie Olson, 72, Dies; Services Are Scheduled
Sadie Olson, 72, died at 9:20 a.m. yesterday at Holy Family Hospital. She had been a patient since Dec. 16 and had been ill for two years.

She was born Oct. 5, 1897, at Gardner, Ill., to Mr. and Mrs. Rasmus Olson. She received her education in Illinois and Emmet County schools. She attended Waldorf College in Forest city for a short time. She came to Emmet County in 1906 with her family, working at Holy Family Hospital for 18 years.

Survivors include one brother, Elvin Sunde of Estherville; one sister, Hazel Sunde, Portland, Ore.; four nephews, Dr. Glen Olson, Glendale, Ariz.; Arnold Olson, Fresno, Calif.; Charles Sunde, Minneapolis, Minn.; and Thomas Sunde, Estherville; two nieces, Mrs. Reuben Peterson, Omaha, Neb., and Mrs. Carrie Heefner, Atlanta, Ga.

Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Estherville Lutheran Church with burial in Palestine Lutheran Cemetery north of Dolliver. Rev. Stephen Englestad will officiate. Friends may call at the Reese-Henry Funeral Home until noon on Wednesday.

Pallbearers will be O.M. Lilland, William Nielsen, Roy Sternborg, Carl Sunde, Charles Sunde and Thomas Sunde. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, March 17, 1970)

Out-of-town relatives attending the funeral of Sadie Olson yesterday were Mrs. Reuben Peterson, Sonia and Nathan, Lincoln, Neb.; Charles Sunde, Minneapolis, Minn.; Rev. and Mrs. E.W. Quam, Thor; Mr. and Mrs. Carl P. Sunde, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Danielson and Clara Sunde, all of Forest City. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, March 19, 1970)