New Salem, ND - Helen Olson, 75, died Monday, January 3, 2000 at the New Salem Nursing Home in New Salem, ND.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, January 6 at the Boelter Funeral Home Chapel in Bismarck with Rev. Paul Schauer officiating. Burial was in the Sunne Lutheran Cemetery in Wilton-Regan, ND.
Helen Kriel was born on January 29, 1925 in Goodridge, the daughter of Henry and Ann (Savage) Kriel. She was raised and educated in Goodridge and following her graduation from high school worked as a dental hygienist in Thief River Falls.
In 1944 Helen married Raymond O. Olson in Thief River Falls. During the 1980s she moved to St. Cloud and worked at the Senior Center where she enjoyed playing cards and dancing. She moved to North Dakota in 1998.
Helen is survived by one son, Jeff (Chris) of Wilton, ND; one daughter, LuWana of California; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; special friend, Earl Brezinski of Sartell; one sister, Mary Lou Smith of Florida; and one brother, Ralph Kriel of Minneapolis.
She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Kenneth and Norman. A00003B2000JA12