Obit: Olsen, Evelyn F. (1918 – 1968)

Transcriber: Pam Harders - posted4u@charter.net 

Surnames: Olsen, Glidden, Strathman, De Vault, Schell, Loucks, Haller, Montgomery, Barto

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 11 Apr 1968

Olsen, Evelyn F. (24 DEC 1918 – 5 APR 1968)

Mrs. Norman Olsen, 49, of 230 South Fourth St., Abbotsford, died Friday, April 5, 1968, at 9 p.m. at St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield, where she was a patient since January 19.

The body lay in state at the Polnaszek Funeral Home, from where it was taken to the First Presbyterian Church, Abbotsford, where services were held Monday afternoon. The Rev. Charles Glidden conducted the rites at one o'clock, during which Mrs. Eugene Strathman was organist.

Interment followed in the Abbotsford Cemetery. The pallbearers were Len Colby, Robert Goldamer, Jack Kelsey, Clarence Nelson, Roland Roth and Val Wojner.

Mrs. Olsen, the former Evelyn Faye De Vault, was born in Sauk County December 24, 1918, and educated in Reedsmburg schools. Her marriage to Norman Olsen took place at Reedsburg February 29, 1936. They made their home at Abbotsford since that time.

Mrs. Olsen was a member of the Royal Neighbors of Abbotsford and of the S.T.A.R. Circle of the United Presbyterian Women's Association.

She is survived by her husband, two sons, Norman Jr. in California, and Robert, at home, and three daughters, Mrs. Martin (Delores) Schell and Miss Audrey Olsen of Cheyenne, Wyo., and Mrs. Llewellyn (Joyce) Loucks, rural Colby. There are nine grandchildren.

She also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Louis (Dorene) Haller of Madison, Mrs. Sadie Montgomery of Wheatland, Wyoming, and Mrs. Elaine Barto of Hillsboro, and one brother, Don De Valult of Baton Rouge, La.

Relatives from away who came for the funeral were from Cheyenne, Wyoming, Reedsburg, Madison, Hillsboro and Seaford, Delaware.