Marie
R. Olsen, 90
Karlstad
- Marie R. Olsen, 90, died on Thursday morning,
March 11, 2004 at the Karlstad Healthcare Center.
Funeral
services were held on 
Tuesday,
March 16 at First Lutheran Church in Karlstad, with
Pastor Gary Halverson and Pastor Raynard Huglen
officiating. Casket bearers included: Erling
Huglen, Raynard Huglen, Roger Thompson, Kenneth
Olson, David Nystuen and Rodney Thompson. Interment
was held at Trinity Cemetery in Edinburg, N.D.
Marie
Regina Olsen, the daughter of the late Sam and Mae
(Nelson) Lee, was born on May 31, 1913, in
Newfolden. She attended school and grew to
womanhood there, graduating from Newfolden High
School in 1931. She was baptized and confirmed in
the Lutheran faith.
Marie
was employed at the Newfolden Post Office following
high school. On September 1, 1940, she was united
in marriage to Olger B. Olsen in Newfolden. The
couple resided in Ipswich, S.D., then moved to
Grand Forks, N.D. They later resided in Hallock and
in 1945 moved to Karlstad. Marie was an active
member of the First Lutheran Church of Karlstad and
active in church affairs. Olger died February 5,
1998.
Since
September of 1997, she had made her home at the
Karlstad Healthcare Center.
Survivors
include one son, Byron of Karlstad; one daughter,
Myrna Harper of Minneapolis; one granddaughter; one
brother, Sherman (Arlene) Lee of Menomonie, Wis.;
two sisters, Ivy (Keith) Hakes of Sierra Vista,
Calif. and Prudence (David) Nystuen of Lakeville;
in addition to several nieces, nephews, and other
relatives.
She
was preceded in death by her husband; her parents;
one brother, Sanford; and two sisters, Olive
Lindquist and Marguerite Pearson.
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