OLSEN, Helen (O'Reilley) 1889-1956

OLSEN, OREILLEY, CORBETT, HUDSON

Posted By: Marilyn O'Connor (email)
Date: 8/9/2011 at 16:22:41

Funeral Services Held
For Mrs. A. B. Olsen
In St. Ansgar Church

Funeral services were held last Wednesday in St. Ansgar for Mrs. A. B. Olsen, 68, who died at her home there April 7, 1956. The Rev. Olaf A. Langehough was in charge of the services in the First Lutheran church. Burial was in the First Lutheran cemetery there.

Helen O'Reilley was born May 17, 1889, in Roubax, S. D. the eldest of nine children of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O'Reilley. She attended the Deadwood schools and following her graduation, she went to Fargo, N.D. where she entered the jewelry business. She also served as department head and buyer for a large firm in Minneapolis for many years.

After her marriage to A.B. Olsen in 1936, the Olsen's continued to live in Minneapolis until August 1, 1954, when they moved to St. Ansgar to live at the home of her husband's sister, Jennie Olsen.

Surviving are her husband, two sisters, Mrs. Louise Corbett of Bly, Nev., Mrs. Mary Hudson of Reno, and one brother, Michael O'Reilley of Alameda, Calif.

Mitchell County Press
April 19, 1956