Visitation:
4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Thursday, November 29, 2018 at St.
Patrick’s Catholic Church in Elkhart
Rosary: 3:30 p.m. Thursday
at the church
Service:
2 p.m. Friday at the church
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Mount Pulaski
Obituary
David Leonard Olson, 78, of Elkhart
passed away at St. Joseph’s Home in Springfield on
November 26, 2018 at 1:40 a.m.
David was born on December 2, 1939 in Lincoln, to
Alfred and Mildred (Amberg) Olson. He graduated from
Elkhart High School in 1958, and married Lois
Carolyn Sapp on July 7, 1958. He was a lifelong
grain and livestock farmer with his family in
Broadwell and Elkhart. He was blessed with a large
and loving family, and devoted his life to his
children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
David is survived by his wife, and their six
children: John (Ann) Olson of Elkhart, Dana (Curt)
Hudson of Elkhart, Elizabeth (Mike) Anderson of
Mount Pulaski, Joe (Angela) Olson of Elkhart,
William (Emily) Olson of London, UK, and Richard
(Jason) Olson of Swampscott, MA. He is also survived
by their 21 grandchildren and 22
great-grandchildren, as well as his sister, Mary Ann
Garrison of Kirkwood, MO. |
He was preceded in death by his
parents, and his brother, Robert F. Olson.
A funeral mass for David will be at 2:00 p.m.
Friday, November 30, 2018 at St. Patrick’s Catholic
Church in Elkhart, with the Rev. Jeffrey Laible
officiating. Visitation will be held from 4:00 –
7:00 p.m. Thursday, November 29, 2018 at St.
Patrick’s Catholic Church with rosary services
starting at 3:30 p.m. Burial will follow services at
Elkhart Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to St. Patrick’s
Catholic Church, St. Joseph’s Home, or The
Alzheimer’s Association.
Services are entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski.
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