Oleson, Sherman Wayne (1927-2005)

OLESON, GETTIS, WALDEN, STOUT, JACOBSON, TOWNSEND, URBATCH, LOKEN, STOHR

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 2/6/2015 at 11:07:50

Sherman Wayne Oleson
November 18, 1927 - November 19, 2005

Forest City -- Sherman W. Oleson, age 78, of Forest City, died on Saturday, November 19, 2005, at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa in Mason City, Iowa.

Sherman Wayne Oleson, a son of Roger and Dora (Gettis) Oleson, was born on a farm near Leland, Iowa, on November 18, 1927. He received his elementary education in Leland and graduated from Forest City High School in 1945. He worked at various jobs in the area before enlisting in the US Navy in 1950.

On September 3, 1951, he married Anita Walden at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Forest City. They made their home in Hawaii and San Diego until Sherman’s discharge. Afterwards, they returned to Forest City where they had lived ever since.

Sherman did roofing work for Merle Sorensen and worked at Home Lumber in Forest City before beginning a long career at the Forest City Post Office. He enjoyed working. He delivered Sunday papers, worked at the Forest City Theater, and held a part-time job at the Forest City Greenhouse. He grew up on a farm with horses, and they remained one of his life-long passions.

Sherman enjoyed collecting stamps and coins. He loved his family and treasured time spent with his grandchildren. He died at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa in Mason City, Iowa, on November 19, 2005, at the age of 78.

Sherman is survived by Anita Oleson, of Forest City, his wife of fifty-four years; his children: Shawn Stout, and her husband, Joe, of Long Lake, Minnesota, Michael Oleson, and his wife, Marie, of Forest City, Iowa, Maureen Jacobson, and her husband, Rich, of Grimes, Iowa, and Megan Townsend, of Newark, Delaware; eight grandchildren: John, Christopher and Caitlin Stout; Marissa and Molly Oleson; Patrick and Sarah Jacobson; and Hannah Townsend; seven siblings: Raymond Oleson, of Northwood, Iowa, Roger Oleson, of Anchorage, Alaska, Berl Oleson, of Dexter, Minnesota, Evelyn Urbatch, of Omaha, Nebraska, Ruby Loken, of Mason City, Iowa, Emory Oleson, of Port Charlotte, Florida, and Charlotte Stohr, of Thompson, Iowa.

Sherman was preceded in death by his parents and his siblings, Valere (Frank), Ronald, Allen, and Fred Oleson.

Funeral service will be held on Wednesday, November 23, 2005, at 10:30 AM at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Forest City with Pastor Barb Spaulding officiating. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery in Forest City. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 PM, Tuesday, November 22, 2005, at the funeral home and an hour prior to services at the church. The Petersen Lund Funeral Home, 505 N. Clark St., Forest City, Iowa 50436; 641-585-2685.

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