Harriett E. (McDole) Olmsted (1967)

OLMSTED, MCDOLE, SMITH, KLEIN

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart (email)
Date: 10/21/2008 at 15:09:34

Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
March 15, 1967

MRS. REX OLMSTED Dies in Des Moines

Mrs. Harriett E. Olmsted of Des Moines, a resident of Winterset most of her life, died Friday, March 10, 1967, at a nursing home there. She was 82 years of age.

Mrs. Olmsted was born in Warren county on July 9, 1884, but came to this community in early life and was a resident of Winterset until about 20 years ago, when she moved to Des Moines. She was the former Harriett E. McDole, daughter of Nathan and Martha A. Smith McDole.

As a young woman she was married to Rex R. Olmsted of Winterset, and their married life was spent here, until after his death on April 26, 1951.

She leaves a daughter, Mrs. A. L. Klein of Des Moines; two grandchildren, Gregory and Cathy Klein; a sister, Phoebe McDole and a brother, Jim McDole, both of Winterset.

Funeral services were held Monday from the Collins Funeral home, conducted by the Rev. H. William Sorensen, pastor of Central Lutheran church in Des Moines. Burial was made in the Winterset cemetery.

Note: Husband's obituary is listed under name of Rex Olmstead.