OLSON, Eleanor Marie (nee Pettitt) (Sheumaker) 1914-2004

OLSON, PETTITT, ACKLEY, SHEUMAKER

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/18/2009 at 15:13:58

ELEANOR MARIE OLSON
OSAGE, IOWA — Eleanor Sheumaker Olson, 90, of Osage, died Thursday (Aug. 26, 2004) at the Osage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center.

Eleanor was born March 20, 1914, near Marshalltown, the daughter of Ernest and Ethel Belle (Ackley) Pettitt. She attended school in Otranto, graduating from Otranto High School in 1932.

Eleanor was united in marriage to Frank “Sam” Sheumaker. They farmed north of Otranto. Later she owned and operated a grocery store in Carpenter. Eleanor was baptized and confirmed as an adult at Deer Creek Lutheran Church. They then moved to Osage, where Eleanor worked as a bookkeeper at Cedar Valley Produce. Her husband Sam passed away.

Later she was united in marriage to Art Olson. They made their home in Osage, where they owned and operated Art’s Shoes. Art passed away in 1997. Eleanor was a member of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, WaTanYe, Sons of Norway and the Good Sam Camping Club. She enjoyed crocheting, traveling and visiting with family and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Osage with the Rev. Roy Ott officiating. Interment will be in the Osage Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. today at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage and will continue one hour before services Saturday at the church.

She is survived by five nieces, Anita (Dean) Darrow of Charles City, June (Alfred) Schmidt of Rockford, Ill., Jean (Dennis) Weitzenkamp of Dodge Center, Minn., Donna (Donald) Dawson of Paullina and Sandy (Gary) Gilbert of Osage; and one nephew, Robert (Mercedes) Pettitt of Austin, Minn.

She was preceded by her parents; two husbands, Frank and Art; three brothers, Albert Pettitt, Charles Pettitt and Oliver Pettitt; one sister, Dorothy Olson; and two nephews, James Pettitt and Ellwood Pettitt.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, (641) 732-3706.

[Globe Gazette]