Olsen, Velma Frances (1911 – 2007)

OLSEN, LAMASTER, WILSON

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/23/2013 at 14:13:44

Name of deceased: Velma Frances Olsen (nee LaMaster)

Aged: 96 yrs, 4 mo, 29 days

Residence: Salem Lutheran Home, Elk Horn, IA

Born: Jan. 27, 1911, Guilford, MO

Died: June 25, 2007, Elk Horn, IA

Funeral services: Thursday, June 28, 2007, United Methodist Church, Hancock, IA; Rev. David LaMaster officiated. Burial was in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Hancock, IA.

Survived by: nieces and nephews, other relatives and many friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Walter Scott and Maggie (nee Wilson) LaMaster; husband, Everett; brothers, Raymond and Lloyd; sisters, Gertrude and Lois

Education: attended school at Fairview No. 5 in Shelby County, IA; graduated from Harlan (IA) High School, Class of 1930.

Religious affiliation: no information provided

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Everett Olsen, November 23, 1935, Sergeant Bluff, IA

Employment: After her high school graduation, she taught country school in Shelby County; after her marriage to Everett in 1935, they farmed near Avoca and then sold the farm and moved to Denver, CO; there, she was employed with Denver General Hospital. They later moved to San Diego, CA where she worked in an aircraft factory during World War II. They retired in 1968, and moved to the Hancock (IA) area, but spent winters in Texas.

Hobbies/Interests: no information provided

Sources: ancestry.com, pauleyjones.com