Published in Pilot-Tribune on 8 September 1980

Services for 74 year old Theodore N. Olson will be Wednesday, September 10th, at 10:30 a.m. The services will be in the First Lutheran Church with Rev. Kurt Sortland officiating. Burial will be at the Blair Cemetery under the direction of the Campbell Funeral Home.

Theodore N. Olson (Ted) was born January 11, 1906, to Fred and Christine Eriksen Olson at Herman, Nebraska. He passed away early Sunday morning September 7 at the Blair Hospital. He attended the Pleasant View School and graduated from Herman High School.

On February 23, 1927, he was married to Ida Jensen at Blair, Nebraska. They celebrated their Golden Wedding in 1977. They farmed in the Blair area all their life. Since his retirement, they have resided on the farm northwest of Blair where he has enjoyed his garden and flowers.

Survivors are his wife, Ida; one daughter (Arlene), Mrs. Merle Sonderup; one son Donald; seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren, all of Blair. Also surviving is one brother, Clarence, of Tekamah.

Preceding him in death were his parents, two sisters and two brothers.

Pallbearers will be Lloyd Olson, Clarence Olson, Jr., Fred Olson, Ronald Olson, Raymond Olson and Leigh MacDonald.