Verna L. Olson

OLSON, KNIERIEM, SAMPLE, THOMPSON, GUFFEY, JOINER

Posted By: Sarah Fletcher (email)
Date: 7/13/2020 at 11:23:56

Verna L. Olson, 95, of Coralville, passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.

Visitation will be Saturday, June 27th, from 11:30 to 1:30 pm at Lensing’s Oak Hill, 210 Holiday Road, in Coralville. Funeral services will begin at 1:30 at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery in Coralville. Please respect social distancing and masks are strongly recommended. Instead of flowers and plants, memorials may be directed to the Crisis Center of Johnson County.

Born June 3, 1925 in Humboldt, Iowa, the daughter of Guy and Ione (Sample) Knieriem, Verna grew up in rural Humboldt and graduated from Humboldt High School. Verna met and later was united in marriage to Stanley W. Olson. The couple wed on August 16, 1944 in Fort Dodge. With Stanley serving in the United States Air Force, the couple moved often, living in Texas, North Dakota and California. They returned to Iowa in 1945, settling in Humboldt County, where Stanley worked the family farm where he was born.

At age 53, Verna attended Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge and earned her nursing degree. She moved to Hills, Iowa in 1984 where Verna worked as a registered nurse at Atrium Village.

Verna was not one to sit idle. After retiring from Atrium Village, she moved to Iowa City. Verna then worked at the IC Kid’s Store and at ACT grading tests. She volunteered at the Mercy Hospital Gift Shop and the Crisis Center. She very much enjoyed cross stitch, sewing and trying out new recipes to share at church.

Verna was a lifelong and devoted member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.

Survivors include her children, Jon Olson (Bev) of Fall River, Wisconsin, Jim Olson (Karen) of Cicero, Indiana, Virginia Thompson (Gary) of Coralville, Marc Olson (Susan) of Iowa City and Tim Olson (Trina) of Claremore, Oklahoma; grandchildren, Doug Thompson, Jennifer Guffey, Lisa Olson, Luke Olson, Andrew Olson, Jeff Olson, Mitchell Olson, Bradley Olson, Emaleah Olson, Miranda Olson and Ben Olson; 3 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Verna was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Stanley, a grandson, Michael Stanley Olson, a brother Guy Knieriem and a sister Betty Joiner.

Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service
 

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