From Find A Grave member Rita Graves:
(Captain) Thomas Torkel Olsen, Jr., died Thursday, March 7, in Baton Rouge. A native of Tampa, Fla., and former resident of New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., he was 76 and a resident of Baton Rouge. He was a lieutenant in the Navy in World War I and a lieutenant commander in the Coast Guard in World War II.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Irma Peters Olsen, Baton Rouge; three sons, Thomas Torkel Olsen, III and Ray Oscar Olsen, both of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Rodney G. Olsen, Sr., Baton Rouge; one daughter, Mrs. Raymond Brinley (Elaine) Smith, Jr., Mobile, Ala.; one sister, Mrs. Fredericka Mann, Tampa, Fla.; three brothers, Edward and George Olsen, both of Tampa, Fla., and Oscar Olsen, Northport, N.Y., and 16 grandchildren.
Obituary published in The Morning Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., Sat., March 9, 1968, page 10-A.
Bio provided by Rita Graves.
(Captain) Thomas Torkel Olsen, Jr., died Thursday, March 7, in Baton Rouge. A native of Tampa, Fla., and former resident of New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., he was 76 and a resident of Baton Rouge. He was a lieutenant in the Navy in World War I and a lieutenant commander in the Coast Guard in World War II.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Irma Peters Olsen, Baton Rouge; three sons, Thomas Torkel Olsen, III and Ray Oscar Olsen, both of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Rodney G. Olsen, Sr., Baton Rouge; one daughter, Mrs. Raymond Brinley (Elaine) Smith, Jr., Mobile, Ala.; one sister, Mrs. Fredericka Mann, Tampa, Fla.; three brothers, Edward and George Olsen, both of Tampa, Fla., and Oscar Olsen, Northport, N.Y., and 16 grandchildren.
Obituary published in The Morning Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., Sat., March 9, 1968, page 10-A.
Bio provided by Rita Graves.
From Find A Grave member Rita Graves:
(Captain) Thomas Torkel Olsen, Jr., died Thursday, March 7, in Baton Rouge. A native of Tampa, Fla., and former resident of New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., he was 76 and a resident of Baton Rouge. He was a lieutenant in the Navy in World War I and a lieutenant commander in the Coast Guard in World War II.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Irma Peters Olsen, Baton Rouge; three sons, Thomas Torkel Olsen, III and Ray Oscar Olsen, both of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Rodney G. Olsen, Sr., Baton Rouge; one daughter, Mrs. Raymond Brinley (Elaine) Smith, Jr., Mobile, Ala.; one sister, Mrs. Fredericka Mann, Tampa, Fla.; three brothers, Edward and George Olsen, both of Tampa, Fla., and Oscar Olsen, Northport, N.Y., and 16 grandchildren.
Obituary published in The Morning Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., Sat., March 9, 1968, page 10-A.
Bio provided by Rita Graves.
(Captain) Thomas Torkel Olsen, Jr., died Thursday, March 7, in Baton Rouge. A native of Tampa, Fla., and former resident of New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., he was 76 and a resident of Baton Rouge. He was a lieutenant in the Navy in World War I and a lieutenant commander in the Coast Guard in World War II.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Irma Peters Olsen, Baton Rouge; three sons, Thomas Torkel Olsen, III and Ray Oscar Olsen, both of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Rodney G. Olsen, Sr., Baton Rouge; one daughter, Mrs. Raymond Brinley (Elaine) Smith, Jr., Mobile, Ala.; one sister, Mrs. Fredericka Mann, Tampa, Fla.; three brothers, Edward and George Olsen, both of Tampa, Fla., and Oscar Olsen, Northport, N.Y., and 16 grandchildren.
Obituary published in The Morning Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., Sat., March 9, 1968, page 10-A.
Bio provided by Rita Graves.
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