Funeral services for John Oliver Olson were held Wednesday at the North Preston Lutheran Church. Reverend David Grindberg officiated. Burial was in the North Preston Lutheran Cemetery. John Oliver Olson was born January 28, 1898 at Lake Preston to Arnie and Louise (Olson) Boe. He married Teressa Jensen September 20, 1920 in Lake Preston. They farmed in the Lake Preston area until 1946 at which time he started carpentry work. He finished his career at Prairie Village in Madison in 1975. John spent his last four years at the Kingsbury Memorial Manor in Lake Preston. He is survived by four sons: Orville of Madison, Robert of Lake Preston, Wallace of Grass Valley, Calif., and Hubert Jensen of Lake Preston; four daughters: Beulah Giles of Pocatello, Idaho, Ruby Lowe of Sioux Falls, Murriel Warner of Grass Valley and Charolette Smith of Erwin; 44 grandchildren; 70 great-grandchildren; two brothers: Albert and Martin Olson of Lake Preston; four sisters: Nellie Larson of Sioux Falls, Ella Jensen of Sioux Falls, Mrs. Marvin (Elvera) Jensen of Walnut Grove, Minn., and Martha Hedberg of Lake Preston. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; one son, Arvid; one daughter, Evelyn; and four grandchildren.
Funeral services for John Oliver Olson were held Wednesday at the North Preston Lutheran Church. Reverend David Grindberg officiated. Burial was in the North Preston Lutheran Cemetery. John Oliver Olson was born January 28, 1898 at Lake Preston to Arnie and Louise (Olson) Boe. He married Teressa Jensen September 20, 1920 in Lake Preston. They farmed in the Lake Preston area until 1946 at which time he started carpentry work. He finished his career at Prairie Village in Madison in 1975. John spent his last four years at the Kingsbury Memorial Manor in Lake Preston. He is survived by four sons: Orville of Madison, Robert of Lake Preston, Wallace of Grass Valley, Calif., and Hubert Jensen of Lake Preston; four daughters: Beulah Giles of Pocatello, Idaho, Ruby Lowe of Sioux Falls, Murriel Warner of Grass Valley and Charolette Smith of Erwin; 44 grandchildren; 70 great-grandchildren; two brothers: Albert and Martin Olson of Lake Preston; four sisters: Nellie Larson of Sioux Falls, Ella Jensen of Sioux Falls, Mrs. Marvin (Elvera) Jensen of Walnut Grove, Minn., and Martha Hedberg of Lake Preston. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; one son, Arvid; one daughter, Evelyn; and four grandchildren.
Family Members
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Anna Boe Olson Anderson
1886–1962
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Tena Mary Olson Lewis
1887–1974
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Martha Odena Olson Hedberg
1890–1987
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Oskar J. Boe
1892–1893
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Jensena Louise "Jennie" Olson Storhaug
1894–1977
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Lena Martine Olson Helland
1896–1984
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Ole Edwin Olson
1900–1981
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Albert Theodore Olson
1901–2001
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Ella Mathilde Olson Jensen
1904–1996
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Alvina Olson Jensen
1906–2008
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Martin Olson
1909–2000
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Nellie Martina Olson Larson
1911–2001
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Arvid Leroy Olson
1921–1981
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Beulah Ledora Olson Giles
1922–1998
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Evelyn Henrietta Olson Moe Carlson
1923–1982
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Orville John "Buster" Olson
1925–2005
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Ruby Doris Olson Lowe
1926–2021
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Robert Clayton "Bob" Olson
1928–2009
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AMN Wallace Victor Olson
1931–2002
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Murriel LaVonne "Mert" Olson Warner
1933–2022
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Charlotte Jewel Olson Smith
1937–2012
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