Olsen, Anna Marie (1944 – 2009)

OLSON, CRANE, CHAMBERLAIN, MEYER, PETSKA, CRANE, MEYER, HANSON, BUNTINGH, LANE

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/23/2013 at 14:15:41

Name of deceased: Anna Marie Olson (nee Crane)

Aged: 65 yrs, 6 mo, 19 days

Residence: Manilla Manor, Manilla, IA

Born: April 6, 1944, Denison Hospital, Denison, IA

Died: Oct. 25, 2009, Manilla, IA

Funeral services: Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Irwin, IA; Pastor Ron Rasmussen officiated. Burial was at Danway Cemetery in Polk Township, IA.

Survived by: Husband of 41 years, Henry Olsen of Irwin, IA; sons, Henry Olson of San Francisco, CA, and Paul Olson of Perry, IA; sister, Eva Chamberlain of Tucson, AZ; sister-in-law, Jolene Meyer; aunts, Lois Petska and Betty Crane; nieces and nephews, James Meyer, Larry Meyer, Suzanne Buntingh, Penny Hanson, Kenneth Hanson, and Jerry Chamberlain; many great-nieces and great-nephews; other family members and many friends.

Predeceased by: Parents, Ira Chester and Martha Marie (nee Lane) Crane; sister, Amy Meyer; infant brother, James Ira Crane; brother-in-law, Don Meyer; parents-in-law, Clarence and Elise Olson

Education: attended the local Milford Number Five Elementary School; graduated from Ar-We-Va High School in Westside, IA, Class of 1962. After high school, she attended business school in Omaha, NE.

Religious affiliation: baptized and confirmed at the Presbyterian Church in Vail, IA; later joined St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Irwin, IA.

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Henry Olson, Sep. 14, 1968, Presbyterian Church, Vail, IA.

Employment: After completing business school, she worked at an Omaha-area bank. She became an actively-involved mother when her children came along; after her sons graduated, she was employed at the Hy-Vee grocery store in Harlan, IA, and later worked at the Salem Lutheran Homes in Elk Horn, IA.

Hobbies/Interests: was actively involved at Saint Paul’s Lutheran, teaching Sunday school and holding several offices in the women’s organization there; also active in Farm Bureau and several neighborhood clubs

Sources: ancestry.com, pauleyjones.com