Alyce
Olson, 87
Thief
River Falls - Alyce Olson, 87, died on Sunday,
May 18, 2003 at her home in Thief River
Falls.
Funeral
services will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May
21 (today) at Trinity Lutheran Church in Thief
River Falls with the Rev. John Wollenzien
officiating. Ida Nordvall will be the organist and
Joel Rude will be the soloist. Casketbearers will
be Steven Oostenink, Jim Anderson, Scott Anderson,
Jason Peterson, Jarrod Peterson, Joel Rude and Jim
Rude. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery in
Thief River Falls. Visitation will be held for one
hour prior to services at the church.
Alyce Van
Der Woude was born on January 16, 1916, the
daughter of Andrew and Anna Katharine Marie
(Horster) Van Der Woude, in St. Ann Parish,
Netherlands. She emigrated to the United States
with her parents when she was four years old.
In 1934,
she married Gerrit Tilstra. They had one daughter,
Ann Marie.
On
November 11, 1953, she married Frank Olson. They
had two daughters, Barbara and Betty. They moved to
Thief River Falls in 1963. Alyce was a member of
Trinity Lutheran Church, where she spent many hours
making quilts. She worked as a housekeeper for a
number of local residents over the years and also
worked as a custodian at Lincoln High
School.
Survivors
include daughters, Ann Marie (Herman) Oostenink of
Mountain Home, Ark., Barbara Lynn (Phillip) Kotta
of Warroad, and Betty Ann (fiancé Curtis
Carpenter) Peterson of Thief River Falls; six
grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a
sister, Ann Jorgenson of McMinnville,
Ore.
Alyce was
preceded in death by her husbands, Gerrit Tilstra,
Henry Hasse and Frank Olson; a sister, Wilhelmina
"Billie" Trygg; and her parents.
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