Obit: Olson, Andrew (1867 - 1943)
Contact: Stan
Surnames: OLSON
----Source: Greenwood Library Scrapbook Collection. MARSHFIELD NEWS HERALD 8/30/1943
ANDREW OLSON
Greenwood--Andrew Olson, 76, a resident of Greenwood, Clark
County for more than 70 years, died at 10 o'clock Sunday morning, Aug. 22, 1943
at his home, a mile east of Greenwood, following a long illness. He had suffered
a heart attack last winter and had been in poor health since that time.
Mr. Olson, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ole Olson, was born in Trondhjem, Norway,
May 15, 1867 and came to the United States with his parents when he was a year old.
The family lived in Black River Falls for five years, and when Andrew Olson was
six, they moved to the present Olson farm.
Funeral services for Mr. Olson, a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and United
Lutheran Church will be held at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the Olson home
and at 2 o'clock at the United Lutheran Church. Interment will be made in the Greenwood
Cemetery. (The rest of my copy was cut off)
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Obit: Olson, Andrew #2 (1867 - 1943)
Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Olson
----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 9/?/1943
Olson, Andrew (15 May 1867 – 25 August 1943)
Andrew Olson, 76, a resident of Greenwood for over 70 years, passed away at his
home one mile east of there, on August 25 after a lingering illness. He was born
on May 15, 1867, in Trondhejm, Norway, to Mr. and Mrs. Ole Olson. He came to the
United States with his parents when he was one year old. They lived in Black River
Falls, and when Andrew was six years old, the family moved to Greenwood, settling
on the present home farm.
He was affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America and a member of the United
Lutheran Church.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon. Interment was in the Greenwood Cemetery.
He is survived by one brother, Henry Olson of Greenwood, and one sister Miss Maria
Olson, at home.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother John Olson, who died two years
ago.
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