Obit: Olson, Patrick A (1966 - 2006)

Contact: Shari Hahn

Surnames: Olson, Olsen, Berndt, Malm, Lindner

----Sources: Marshfield News-Herald June 10, 2006

Olson, Patrick A. Olson (10 Oct. 1966 - 7 June 2006)

MARATHON -- Patrick A. Olson, 39, of Marathon, died unexpectedly Wednesday June 7, 2006, at Aspirus Wausau Hospital.

Services will be at noon, Monday, June 12, 2006, at St. Mary Catholic Church, Marathon. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.

Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday and again from 10 a.m. until service time Monday, both at the church.

Peterson/Kraemer Funeral Home, Marathon, is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences at www.petersonkraemer.com

He was born Oct. 10, 1966, in Milwaukee, son of Dennis Olson, Greenwood, and Audrey Olsen, Loyal. On June 10, 1989, he married Susan Miller in Loyal.

Patrick joined the National Guard in 1988 and attended North Central Technical College from 1989 until graduating in 1991 with an Associates Degree in Police Science. He was employed as a part time Marathon City Police Officer from 1991 until 1995 when he became a deputy with the Marathon County Sheriff's Department. Patrick represented District 7 as a Director of the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Officers Association and was a member of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association.

Survivors include his wife, Susan; a daughter, Hannah, and a son, Jaron, both at home; his father, Dennis (Judy) Olson, Greenwood; his mother, Audrey Olsen, Loyal; three sisters, Kelly (Travis) Berndt, Wausau, Tracy Malm, Durand, Cheryl Olson, Mountain Home, Ark.; a grandfather, Arthur Olsen, Loyal; and a stepgrandfather, Vincent Lindner, Loyal.