Piehn, Ollie Margaret May (Falck) 1914 - 2017

PIEHN, FALCK, HALVERSON, GORE

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/19/2024 at 21:00:42

Obituary for Ollie Margaret May Piehn
Ollie M. Piehn, age 103 of Harmony, MN died peacefully on December 13, 2017 at the Harmony Care Center. A private family service will be held.

Ollie was born July 6th, 1914 to Laura and Fred Falck on a farm near Ridgeway, Iowa. She attended country school through 8th grade until her family moved to Cresco, Iowa where she attended Cresco High School. On June 30th, 1937, she married Waldon E. Piehn at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. He was manager of the Piehn Telephone Co. in Alta Vista, Iowa. Ollie was the telephone operator until they moved to Harmony in 1950. She was a member of the Harmony Methodist Church, the UMW, and former Sunday School teacher. Ollie belonged to the Harmony Golf and Photozetean Clubs. Ollie enjoyed dancing, fishing, camping “the cabin”, pontoon rides, and happy hour with “Cutty Sark”. She was well known for her creative cards and phenomenal gift wraps. Ollie loved life to the fullest! She will be greatly missed!

Survivors include a son, Jack of Rochester, a daughter-in-law, Bonnie of Burnsville, a daughter, Linda (Ken) Halverson of Houston, MN; six grandchildren: David Piehn, Jason (Ellen) Piehn, Stephanie (Cris) Gore, Geoffrey Halverson, Todd Halverson, and Laura Halverson. She had eight great-grandchildren: Madelaine, Eleanor, Theodore and Harrison Gore, Breydin Meyer, Leela Halverson, Mateo Medellin and Everett Piehn.

Ollie was preceded in death by her husband Waldon on Sept 19, 2005, parents and three sisters.