Olson, Gladys (Reinsvold) -- 1907 - 1979

OLSON, REINSVOLD, DARRINGTON, FLAK, MCCABE, REHFUSS, WILSON, STREICH

Posted By: Barry M. Dahl (email)
Date: 11/20/2010 at 15:03:59

Gladys (Reinsvold) Olson, obituary from the Welch collection.

Mrs. Gilbert Olson, 71, died Sunday, Apr. 1, at a hospital in Eldora, Ia.

The former Gladys Reinsvold, she was born May 1, 1907, at Hesper, Ia., the daughter of John and Marie Reinsvold. She married Gilbert Olson and they farmed in the Canton, Harmony and Hesper areas before moving to Eldora, Ia., several years ago. She was a member of the Hesper Lutheran church.

Survivors are her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Dean (Shirley) Darrington, Mabel, Mrs. Curtis (Anita) Flak, Decorah, Ia., one son Keith, Eldora, Ia.; 10 grandchildren; 2 great-grand sons; three brothers, Fritz, Little Falls, Minn., Doran, Madison, Wis., Johnnie, California; four sister, Mrs. Steve McCabe, Virginia, MN, Mrs. Kenneth Rehfuss, Salem Ill., Mrs. Agnes Wilson, California, and Mrs. Frances Streich, South Carolina.

She was preceded in death by two brothers.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, Apr, 4, at 9 a.m. at the Longenecher Funeral Home in Eldora with Rev. Howard Eldrenkamp officiating, followed by services at the Hesper Lutheran church at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. Bernhardt Polesky officiating. Burial was in the Hesper Lutheran cemetery.