Lake County IL Archives Obituaries.....Olsen, Hjalmer August 15, 1942
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Waukegan News Sun -  August 16, 1942
LIEUT. OLSEN, NAVY VETERAN AND FATHER OF FIVE OFFICER, DIES

Lieut. Hjalmer Olsen, United Sates navy, retired, father of five naval officers
and father-in-law of a sixth, died yesterday in the naval hospital at the Great
Lakes Navel Training station.  He had been ill three weeks. He was 82 years old,
and lived at 238 Ridgeland avenue, Waukegan.

From boyhood, the sea was Lieut. Olsen's life.  He was born in Oslo, Norway,
June 11, 18960, entered the merchant marine at 14, and enlisted in the United
States Navy at 20.  He served in the Spanish-American war, retired in 1904, but
returned to active duty in 1906-'087 when the Great Lakes station was
established and settled in Waukegan.  He retired again, then was recalled into
active service 1917-'18.  After his third retirement, he entered the insurance
business.

Lieut. Olsen's officer sons, all Annapolis graduates, and all now on active duty
are Commander Charles E., Commander Clarence E., Lieut. Comm. Earl K., Lieut.
Robert, and Lieut. Albert R.  The son-in-law, also on active duty, is Lieut.
Comm. Henry G. Munson, husband of Lieut. Olsen's only daughter, Anna.  All
survive with his widow, Anna.  Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Christ
Episcopal church, Waukegan.

Additional Comments:
Buried in the Olsen Family plot in Pinview Memorial Cemetery, Beach Park, Lake
County, Illinois

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