Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Violet Marie Olson ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Olson, Violet Marie
LAST: Olson FIRST: Violet MID: Marie
GENDER: F MAIDEN NAME: Drenkhahn TITLE: 
BORN: 13 Sep 1924 DIED: 24 Feb 1977 BURIED:  (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  South Dakota
DEATH PLACE: Marion Co,. Oregon
NOTES: 

Marriage of Parents – Andrew M. Drenkhahn & Anna Mathilda Salveson md 24 Jan 1916, Sioux City, Woodbury co, Iowa

BAPTISM – Violet Marie Drenkhahn born 13 Sept 1924, daughter of Andrew & Anna Drenkhahn; baptized 15 Nov 1925, Roseni Lutheran Church, Beresford, South Dakota

1940 IA CENSUS – Violet Drenkhahn (15y, b South Dakota) enumerated with mother Anna (44y, b Norway, widowed), 5 siblings, Lawrence (21y, b Iowa, occupation clerk), Clarence (17y, b South Dakota), Evelyn (13y, b South Dakota), Andrew (12y, b Iowa) and Viola Rogge (23y, b Iowa, occupation beautician) and Viola’s husband Loren Rogge (25y, b Iowa, occupation laborer)  

OBITUARY: 

Violet M. Olson, 52, of Rt 1, Box 449, Salem, died yesterday in a local hospital. Born in South Dakota, she had lived in Salem since 1965 and was a saleswoman for Sears. Survivors include her widower, Leslie M.; mother, Anna Drenkhahn, in Iowa; sons, Alan, Northridge, Calif, Andrew, Albany, and Aaron, Salem; brothers, Clarence Drenkhahn, in South Dakota, Andrew Drenkhahn, in North Carolina, and Larry Drenkhahn, in Calif; sisters, Violet Rogge, Iowa and Evelyn Kennally, in Calif; and one grandchild. Services will be at 10 am Monday in Rigdon-Ransom mortuary, with interment in Zena Cemetery. The family suggests contributions to the Salem Hospital Foundation.

Capital Journal, Friday, February 25, 1977, page 17

INSCRIPTION: 

Violet M.
Olson
1924 - 1977

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
ODI

Iowa Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

Evangelical Lutheran Church Records (Ancestry.com)

1940 IA CENSUS (Woodbury co, Danbury, ED 97-15, sheet 8B)

CJ, 25 Feb 1977, page 17 

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