OLSON, Palmer Clarence 1900-1976

OLSON, GOLBERG, BERG, SCHULZ, MCHENRY

Posted By: Karen L. Robertson (email)
Date: 10/19/2011 at 20:07:55

PALMER C. OLSON

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Palmer C. Olsen

ST. ANSGAR, IOWA - Services for Palmer C. Olsen, 76, who died Monday at his home, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Lutheran Church in Ansgar. Burial will be in the St Ansgar City Cemetery.

Survivors include his wife, Viola; two daughters, Mrs. Lawrence (Kathryn) McHenry of Winston Salem, North Carolina, and Mrs. Galen (Audrey) Schulz of St Ansgar; and a brother, Oliver C. Olsen of St. Ansgar.

Friends may call at the Schroeder and Dunn Funeral Home between 7 and 8 30 p.m. Tuesday.

[Waterloo Courier, Tuesday, February 17, 1976]
(The Courier misspelled his last name.)
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Social Security Death Index:

OLSON, PALMER
b: 29 Jan 1900
d: Feb 1976
age: 76
res: 50472 (Saint Ansgar, Mitchell, Iowa)
SSN: Iowa 478-36-5029

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St. Ansgar City Cemetery listing on IaGenWeb:

OLSON, Palmer 1900 --- February 16, 1976

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Funeral services for Palmer C. Olson, 76, who died February 16, 1976, were held February 18 at First Lutheran church here with the Rev. S. Engelstad officiating.

Palmer Clarence Olson was born January 29, 1900 in St. Ansgar, the youngest of three sons of Ole C. and Kari Golberg Olson. He was baptized March 4, 1900 at First Lutheran church here by the Rev. Johan Olsen and confirmed in the same church by the Rev. M.E. Waldeland on May 30, 1915. He attended St. Ansgar public schools.

On July 6, 1930 he married Viola Berg of Walcott, N.D. They made their home in St. Ansgar where Mr. Olson entered the wholesale vegetable business. It was during these years that he became better known as "Polly" Olson in the community. After many successful years in business, Mr. Olson retired in 1964 due to ill health.

Through his long time interest in and study of numismatics, he was awarded a silver membership medal and lifetime membership in the American Numismatic association in 1969. This avocation continued through his years of illness. It was a natural outgrowth of his love of history and the arts. It was his special gift to be able to see beauty and value where many others had not yet discovered it.

Mr. Olson was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Irvin. His is survived by his wife, Viola of St. Ansgar; two daughters, Mrs. Lawrence (Kathryn) McHenry of Winston-Salem, N.C. and Mrs. Galen (Audrey) Schulz of St. Ansgar; eight grandchildren, Scott, Rebekah, Spencer, Bennett and Holly Morrison of Winston-Salem, and Stephanie, Mark and Tim Schulz of St. Ansgar; one brother, Oliver C. Olson of St. Ansgar.

Burial was in St. Ansgar cemetery with Rev. Engelstad in charge of committal services.

[ St. Ansgar Enterprise ]

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Photo from 1970 First Lutheran Church Membership Directory.

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