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Mildred OLSON

Female 1923 - 2015  (91 years)


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  • Name Mildred OLSON 
    Birth 6 Oct 1923  Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 5 Oct 2015  Columbia County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 9 Oct 2015  Silver Lake Cemetery, Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • She was not living at home at the time of the 1940 census. In that census, she was a live-in maid for the Roy Kurtz family in Viroqua.



      The U.S. Public Records Index, Vol. 1, shows her, as Mildred R, living in Pardeeville in 1993.

      Mildred (Millie) Olson Tollefson , 91, of Wyocena passed away peacefully on Monday, October 5, 2015, at the Columbia County Health Care Center surrounded by her family.

      Millie was born October 6, 1923, in Vernon County, the daughter of Odin and Clara (Nundahl) Olson. On May 12, 1946, she married Lyle Tollefson and he preceded her in death in 1990. Millie worked many factory jobs in her life and retired from the Weyenberg Shoe Manufacturing Company. She was a member of the Soldiers Grove American Legion Post 220 and St. John’s Lutheran Church in Pardeeville.  She was very proud to be a Norwegian and loved spending time with her family.

      Millie is survived by a son, Odell Tollefson of Montello and a daughter Margie (Dennis) Barrett of Wyocena; grandchildren, Jerry (Sherrie) Tollefson of Montello, Todd (DeAnn) Tollefson of Portage, Tina (Gary) Carpenter of Pardeeville, Traci (Brian) Zurfluh of Montello, Michele (Joe) Baillies of Pardeeville, and Mike (Julie) Barrett of Friesland; and great-grandchildren, Micheala, Landen, Jordan, Parker, Nathan and Sydney, Harley, TJ, Brandon, Emily, and Chelsey; three brothers, Orland Olson of Beloit, Ervan Olson  of Westby, and Clifford (Mary) Olson of IL; and nieces, nephews and cousins.

      She is preceded in death by her parents; husband; daughter in law, Janis Tollefson; five sisters, Benetta Nelson, Selma Sharp, Helen Erickson, Anna Ewers, Agnes Buroker; two brothers, Robert and Clifford Olson.
    Person ID I542  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2015 

    Father Odin Bernhard OLSON,   b. 9 Feb 1895, Crawford County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1977, Marshall, Richland County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Clara Louise NUNDAHL,   b. 23 Jul 1898, Crawford County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1956, Rock County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage 5 Feb 1920  Crawford County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F366  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lyle Clifford TOLLEFSON,   b. 11 Feb 1918, Crawford County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1990, Columbia County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 12 May 1946  Vernon County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • At her parents’ home. “Descendants of Sever O. Nundahl” says May 12, 1948. Her obit also says May 12th. Some sources say May 13th.
    Family ID F389  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2015