Ellen Caroline (Peterson) Olson

Ellen Olson, 100, of Willmar and formerly of Watson, died May 18, 1997 at Ashwood Health Care Center in Willmar.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 22, 1997 at 1:30 P.M. at Anderson Funeral Home Chapel.  Rev. Alvin G. Lewis, Jr. will officiate and interment will be at Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Montevideo.

Visitation will be held Wednesday, afternoon and evening at the Anderson Funeral Home in Montevideo with the family present from 7-8:00 P.M.

Ellen Caroline Olson (Peterson) was born November 28, 1896 at Gifford, IL the daughter of Hans and Anna (Anderson) Peterson.  The family moved to southwestern Minnesota when she was four.  They lived at Woodstock and Slayton.  Ellen attended country school but was forced to end her schooling shortly before graduation due to an accident.  She was united in marriage with Matt S. Olson February 15, 1915 at Slayton, MN.  They farmed in Murray County before moving to Chippewa County in 1936 where they farmed until retiring in 1947 and then moving into Watson.  Matt died December 13, 1958.  Ellen continued to live in Watson until moving to live with her daughter in Willmar in 1993 and to Ashwood Health Care Center in the summer of 1994.

She is survived by four children: Bernice Waag of Tucson, AZ, Geraldine Hourscht of Tucson, AZ, Phyllis Feller of Willmar, MN, and Paul M. Olson and his wife Lenore of Montevideo, MN; seven grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Matt; one granddaughter; two sisters: Ida Balk, and Minnie Nicolay; and three brothers: Ed, Ben, and Harry Peterson.