OBITUARY: Martha (Gulbrandsen) Olson, 1876-1969, Mitchell County, Iowa



                       Martha Gulbrandsen Olson

Funeral services were held Saturday for a lifelong resident of the Osage
community, Mrs. Martha Olson, 92.  Mrs. Olson died January 15 at Mitchell
County Memorial hospital in Osage.  She was hospitalized for the first
time in her life only two weeks before her death.

Rites were held at Our Savior’s Lutheran church with the Rev. Obert Hoven
and the Rev. Krishen Persaud, pastors, in charge.  C.R. Champion and Sons
made the arrangements and burial was in the Osage cemetery.

Martha Marie Gulbrandsen was born on August 3, 1876 on a farm near Nora
Springs.  She was the youngest of six children born to Gulbrand and Anna
Wamstad Gulbrandsen.  She was educated in the rural schools and attended
the Nora Springs seminary.

Martin B. Olson and Martha Gulbrandsen were married on November 8, 1894 at
the Rock Creek Lutheran church.  They established their home on a farm in
Floyd County and fifteen years later, moved to the farm in Burr Oak
Township northeast of Osage now operated by her son, Allert Olson.  They
remained on the farm until their retirement to Osage in 1924.

Mrs. Olson was baptized and confirmed in the Rock Creek Lutheran church
and remained an active member of Our Savior’s Lutheran church until her
death.

Those preceding her in death were her husband, Martin, in 1933, her parents
and two sisters.

Surviving are her three sons and two daughters: Allert G. of Osage; Myron
of Minneapolis, MN; Roy of Palos Verde, CA; Mrs. Louella Brady of Atkinson,
NE; and Mrs. Mabel Funk of Osage.  Also surviving are ten grandchildren,
nineteen great grandchildren, one great great grandchild and many nieces
and nephews.



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