Arlin C. OLSEN

OLSEN, REAR, SCHWARTZ, BIER, VAN LAERE, OLSON, SCHAEFER, LUIS, GRAVES

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 3/1/2007 at 00:40:53

August 30, 2005

Arlin C. Olsen, 89, died on Friday, August 26, 2005, at the Belmond Medical Center. Funeral services were held on Monday, August 29, at the Klemme United Methodist Church, with Rev. Paddy Druhl officiating. Interment was in the Ell Township Cemetery near Klemme. Margaret Tue was organist and Lance Arnold was soloist. Ushers were Arlyn Waddingham and Bill Arnold. Honorary bearers were Kenneth Kluckhohn, Henry Kaduce, Sam Spilman, Carl Heginger, Dan Spilman and Merle Pannhoff. Casket bearers were Jim Olsen, Ryan Olsen, Larry Kluckhohn, Shannon Graves, Greg Olson and Jean Olsen.

Arlin, the son of Knute and Aleta (Rear) Olson, was born on June 9, 1916, on his parents farm near Clear Lake. He attended the Eden Country School and Union No. 2. Arlin married Christina Schwartz on July 6, 1946, at the Little Brown Church. They resided near Clear Lake and later in Klemme. Arlin loved trucks. At age 11 he had built his first truck using a Model T. Later he hauled hogs in a 1938 Ford truck. Over the years he trucked at night and farmed during the day. Christina would help with the trucking business when necessary. From 1949 to 1972 Arlin and Christina were in the trucking business full time. In 1972 Arlin started driving a U.S. Mail truck between Omaha and Minneapolis, a route running 800 miles seven days per week. He retired in 1985 but continued to work on cars, trucks and lawn mowers at their home in Klemme.

Preceding Arlin in death were his parents; sisters, Gladys Bier and Mildred Van Laere; son, Roger; and an infant brother and sister. Survivors include his wife, a resident of the Belmond Health Care Center; sons, Merlyn (Audrey) Olson of Santa Maria, California, Harland (Janet) Olsen of Mason City, Randy (Monica) Olsen of Garner; daughter, Corrine (Susie) Olsen of Klemme; daughter-in-law, Linda Olson of Ventura; brother, Clare Olson of Clear Lake; grandchildren, Doni (Bill) Schaefer, Denette Olson, Deanne (Mike) Luis, Dan (Eenja) Olson, Greg and (Kim) Olson, Ryan (Tina) Olsen, Shannon (Gary) Graves, Jim Olsen and Jean Olsen; and great-grandchildren, Will, Sarah and Evan Schaefer, Lane, Levi and Aubrey Luis, Jacob, Daniel and Nicole Olson, Zachary and Caitlin Olson, Riley and Wyatt Olsen, Alex and Bailey Graves.

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