Bio for OLSON, Clarice Elaine (b.1916 d.1991), Meeker Co., MN

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Clarice Elaine Olson

July 13th  1916 - July 27th  1991



Hmm - my Grandma Hallisey was a very strong lady (mentally & physically) 

as she raised my dad/brother most of her life without much help from my 

Grandfather. She was deeply religious, loved to swim, and loved to travel 

(warm places like the Bahamas, Florida, etc)- she did so with my Aunt 

Heidi. 

  Aunt Heidi was my Uncle Pat's first wife, they divorced because of some 

mental health issues with Heidi, but my Grandmother was deeply attached to 

her and viewed her as the daughter she never had. So they did almost 

everything together until the time of her passing.

  Grandma was an excellent cook, especially all those really good creamy 

fattening type of foods. She was a nurse, I sent you a nursing school 

photo of her dated 1935, believe it was her graduation photo from nursing 

school. 

  She mainly worked in the ER. In her later years she volunteered with 

Meals on Wheels and was a volunteer driver for many elderly folks - she 

told me if she ever could go back in life and do one thing, she wanted to 

be a race car driver! I know that to cover expenses while my dad/uncle 

were growing up, she opened up her home as a boarding house for many 

University of Minnesota kids. 

  I know that my dad/uncle/Grandmother lived in many houses outside of 

the University and took in a lot of foreign students - that's why my 

dad loves Asian foods so much. 

  Grandma loved to read - everything and anything (I also included a 

picture of her sitting in a lake on a lawn chair reading a book - very 

classic Clarice Hallisey). She tanned so dark you'd think she had a bit 

of Native American in her. Grandma was very involved with her some sort 

of "Family Reunion" when we came back to visit her in Minnesota 

(which I hated because I didn't know most of the people and I hated 

being kissed by so many people I didn't know).

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