Glynn-Clarke County GaArchives Obituaries.....TOLNAS, Olaf Johann January 16, 1971 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Amy Hedrick http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00013.html#0003209 June 7, 2008, 5:10 pm Athens Banner-Herald; Monday 18 January 1971 Researched by Natalie Davis of Clarke County for GlynnGen.com LAWYER OLAF TOLNAS CLAIMED BY DEATH Mr. Olaf J. Tolnas, 80, an Athens attorney, died Saturday night after an illness o several days. He lived at 420 W. Rutherford. Mr. Tolnas, a native of Glynn County, Ga., was the son of the late Halvor Ole and Marie Eriksen Tolnas. He attended the University of Georgia and was a 1913 graduate of the University School of law. He served in World War I and World War II, retiring from the service with the rank of lieutenant colonel. After World War II he served at the Nuremberg trials in Germany. A resident of Athens for 45 years, he was a member of the Retired Officers Association and the Athens Bar Assn. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Gladys Isowther Tolnas of Athens; two sons, Trygve J. Tolnas of Rockdale, Tex., and Edwin Tolnas of Princeton, N.J.; two grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. today from the chapel of Bridges Funeral Home, with the Rev. Raby Edwards officiating. Burial was to be at 5:30 p.m. today in Oak Grove Cemetery in Brunswick. The family request that flowers be omitted and those so desiring to make a contribution to their favorite charity. Additional Comments: More Glynn County Genealogy & History can be found at or the sister site at File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/glynn/obits/t/tolnas8930gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb