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#3 Sam Olson 1872 - 1960

OLSON, ARNESON, JOHNSON, MORGAN, DENNIS, SCHWANKE

Posted By: Connie Van Gorp (email)
Date: 4/28/2024 at 22:43:33

[NOTE: Svein and Svend is the same name. His mother is a Svendsdatter (= daughter of Svend), so he is named after his maternal grandfather.
(Svein is the more "Norwegian" and Svend the more "Danish" spelling of the name)
Tove DJ]
[NOTE, Sam's Norwegian name was SVEIN.
Svein was born September 18th 1872 in Seljord, Telemark county, Norway. His parents were Amund Olafson and Helge Svendsdatter.
Source: Parish records for Seljord.
(The obituary says he was born in Fla-Dahl, which must be garbled for Flatdal. Flatdal is an annex to Seljord parish.)
Tove DJ]
Obituaries
Sam Olson 1872 - 1960
Sam Olson was born Sept. 18, 1872 at Fla-Dahl, Norway, the son of Amund and Helge Olson.
Mr. Olson resides in Lyle. He was a railway employee and later worked as a plasterer and stone mason. On Dec. 12, 1893, he was united in marriage with Ida Arneson at Lyle.
Mr. Olson died March 31, 1960, at St. Olaf Hospital after being ill for 14 months. He was very generous and a lover of nature and the great outdoors. He will be remembered as a fisherman, hunter and trapper.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at the Worlein Funeral Home, the Rev. Merland Johnson officiating. Interment was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Mona, Iowa.
Mr. Olson is survived by four sons, Lafayette and Raymond of Minneapolis, Bennie of Albert Lea, Melvin of Auburn, Me.; three daughters, Mrs. H.O. Johnson (Sadie), Mrs. Donald Morgan (Laura), Lyle, Mrs. Albert Olson (Irene), Norwalk, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Anna Dennis, Austin, Mrs Emil Schwanke (Hannah), Mrs. John Peterson (Julia), Lyle; and a brother, Ole of Lyle.
Out of town persons attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Thane Town, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Olson, Albert Lea; Mrs Emme Berg, Ellendale, Mr. and Mrs. ______, and Mrs. Shirley Olson, Minneapolis.
[ Austin Daily Herald - Thursday, April 5, 1960 ]

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Obituary: [NOTE: Svein and Svend is the same name. His mother is a Svendsdatter (= daughter of Svend), so he is named after his maternal grandfather. (Svein is the more "Norwegian" and Svend the more "Danish" spelling of the name) Tove DJ] [NOTE, Sam's Norwegian name was SVEIN. Svein was born September 18th 1872 in Seljord, Telemark county, Norway. His parents were Amund Olafson and Helge Svendsdatter. Source: Parish records for Seljord. (The obituary says he was born in Fla-Dahl, which must be garbled for Flatdal. Flatdal is an annex to Seljord parish.) Tove DJ] Obituaries Sam Olson 1872 - 1960 Sam Olson was born Sept. 18, 1872 at Fla-Dahl, Norway, the son of Amund and Helge Olson. Mr. Olson resides in Lyle. He was a railway employee and later worked as a plasterer and stone mason. On Dec. 12, 1893, he was united in marriage with Ida Arneson at Lyle. Mr. Olson died March 31, 1960, at St. Olaf Hospital after being ill for 14 months. He was very generous and a lover of nature and the great outdoors. He will be remembered as a fisherman, hunter and trapper. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at the Worlein Funeral Home, the Rev. Merland Johnson officiating. Interment was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Mona, Iowa. Mr. Olson is survived by four sons, Lafayette and Raymond of Minneapolis, Bennie of Albert Lea, Melvin of Auburn, Me.; three daughters, Mrs. H.O. Johnson (Sadie), Mrs. Donald Morgan (Laura), Lyle, Mrs. Albert Olson (Irene), Norwalk, Calif.; three sisters, Mrs. Anna Dennis, Austin, Mrs Emil Schwanke (Hannah), Mrs. John Peterson (Julia), Lyle; and a brother, Ole of Lyle. Out of town persons attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Thane Town, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Olson, Albert Lea; Mrs Emme Berg, Ellendale, Mr. and Mrs. ______, and Mrs. Shirley Olson, Minneapolis. [ Austin Daily Herald - Thursday, April 5, 1960 ]
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