Marlin Duane OLSON

OLSON, LANGFALD, STOCKSETH, NEUMANN, HOFFMAN, RICHARDS, WAGNER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 11/14/2012 at 23:39:43

October 6, 1931 -- November 10, 2012

Leland, Iowa - Marlin D. Olson, 81, of rural Leland, Iowa, died Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, at Muse Norris Hospice Unit in Mason City, Iowa. Funeral services for Marlin Olson will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at Center Evangelical Lutheran Church, rural Leland, with Pastor Thomas Rank officiating. Burial will take place in Center Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be today, Tuesday, Nov. 13, from 4 to 6 p.m., at Mittelstadt Funeral Home, 902 East Main Street, Lake Mills, and will continue one hour prior to services at the church on Wednesday.

Marlin Duane Olson was born on October 6, 1931, in Winnebago County, Iowa, to parents Clarence and Gena (Langfald) Olson. He attended country school in Winnebago County. On August 17, 1950, Marlin was united in marriage with Ruth Stockseth at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in rural Belmond, Iowa. The couple made their home on the Olson family farmland in rural Leland, where Marlin lived his entire life. Marlin was a farmer by profession; he was handy to repair things, and was a hard worker his whole life. He and Ruth enjoyed bowling in their earlier days, and always looked forward to times spent traveling with family and friends. Marlin was a lifelong member of Center Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Ruth of rural Leland; children, Dennis (Wendy) Olson of Des Moines, Iowa, and Barb Neumann of Forest City, Iowa; grandchildren, Matthew Olson of Iowa City, Iowa, Jason Neumann of Waverly, Iowa, Megan Hoffman of Sioux Falls, S.D., and Brittany Richards of Brookings, S.D.; a brother, LaVerne (Clarice) Olson of Clarks Grove, Minn.; as well as nieces, nephews, and extended relatives. Marlin was preceded in death by his parents Clarence and Gena; a son Dean Olson; brother Charles Olson; a sister Orletta Wagner; and a son-in-law, Connie Neumann.

Mason City Globe Gazette - Iowa
November 13, 2012