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otnv tto null INOON YESTENDAYu.*LATE PIONEER OF THE FOURTHIN IfiWARD LAID TO REST INCEMETERY NEAR HI8HOME.RIThe funeral services for the TatetheBrit B. Olson were held yesterdayat tnoon from the family home in thewee! fourth ward, all relatives being pres-ersent with the exception of his broth-C oiler. Prayer was made by Rev. Wm.Innes of the Collegiate Presbyterianchurch and remarks by Rev. Wee ofthe Lutheran church. Music wasfurnished by a quartette composedris cersrearCatlin orof the Misses N. Nichols and Jonestiatand Messrs Carhart and Gaylord anda solo by Miss N. Nichols.NAmong those from a distance at-to lt;it vtending the services were: Mr. andcha;rs. John Heggen, Story City; Mr.and Mrs. H» Hill, Story City; Mr.and Mrs. T. Knudson, Story City;Mr. Shaw and Miss Shaw, Kanawa;Miss Bertha Jacobson. Des Moines;Mrs. Ed Holland, Des Moines; Mr.and Mrs. G. Krohn, McCallsburg;Miss Martha Sheldahl, Roland; Mrs.Eggland, Roland; Miss Hallie Kinney, Newell; Mrs. Ira Shaw, Boone;nunspelt;w h iSt utbeurdC it!MrsMrs. E. Bigeness, Renwick; Mr. Lawrence Heggen, Renwick; Mr. and MrsThor Jacobson, Jewell.Further services were held at the' Lutheran church in Slater at twoi o'clock, the journey being made byautomobiles. There a large con-in iNotheheiicourse of old friends met and laidof ithe remains to rest in the cemeterynear Mr. Olson’s old home.Obituary.Brit B. Olson was born at Huxley,Story county, Iowa, on the 4th dayof October in the year of 1861. Diedonianhe1doat Ames, Iowa, on the 18th day ofSeptember, 1915, at the age of 54years, 11 months and 4 days.He was married on the 9th day ofApril. 1887 to Julia Ferguson. Fortolatheibalfeethe first two years Mr. and Mrs. Olson lived at Cambridge, Iowa, fromwhence they moved on a farm threeand one-half miles north of Slater,Iowa, where they lived together for[*itwenty years.The family then moved to Ames,Iowa. It was not until the last yearon the farm that the health of Mr.Olson began to decine, and he realized the necessity of giving up hismore active duties in life.For four years he has been a constant though patient sufferer of ashma, the affliction to which he suc-*umbed.Ho sought relief in traveling thruparts of Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraskaand Wyoming, but with no avail.To those of his family whom heleaves he will always be remember- j ed as a most devoted and loving hus-‘band and father.Mr. Olson leaves besides his wife,who has been a most devoted nurseduring his sufferings, three daughters, Mrs. Carl Bachman of State Centerfi Iowa, Theressa and Beatrice ofAmes; four sons, Sanford of Win-throp, Minnesota and Marian and Burton and Abram of Ames, hismother, Mrs. Sarah Olson of Huxley,Iowa, two sisters, Mrs. E. H. Sheldahl of Huxley and Mrs. Seversikeof Cambridge, Iowa and two brothers, Ole B. Olson of Huxley and Wm.B. Olson of Turlock, California.Card of Thanks.We wish to thank those who bykindly acts and loving sympathyneedMrs. Brit B. Olson and family.
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Ames Evening Times
Ames, Iowa, US
Wed, Sep 22, 1915
Page 9
Full Page
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