Constance “Connie” Olson, 88, of Austin, Minnesota, passed away on Sunday morning, June 23, 2019 at Sacred Heart Care Center after a five year battle with lung cancer.
Constance “Connie” Baxter Olson was born September 20, 1930 in Madison, Wisconsin to Harvey and Loris (Baker) Baxter. Her parents divorced when she was nine months old, so she went to live with her adoptive parents, Dorothy and Howard Angell, her aunt and uncle. The Angells had a dairy farm and Connie liked to live there. She belonged to 4-H and later to the Rural Youth group. She went to a one-room school house, the old Woodson School on South River Street. She graduated from Austin High School in 1948. She worked at the office of Geo. A. Hormel & Co. during her senior year in high school and then continued for four years. She married S. Duane Olson on September 11, 1949 and they have celebrated 69 years together. For a decade, she worked for Josephine Kremer, Director of Elementary Education of the Austin Public Schools. Then she worked at the Hormel Foods Corporate Office for 25 years. She retired in January of 1992.
She loved her church, Westminster Presbyterian, and served as an Elder, a Deacon twice, participated on the Fellowship Committee and Worship Committee. She also went to Mike’s Bible Study on Tuesday mornings and was active in Pot Pourri Circle. She was a Charter member of the Hormel Historic Home Y’s Women, belonged to South River Street Home Extension Project Club, Austin Medical Center Auxiliary and Keepsake Quilters. She liked to get together with friends for coffee and she liked to spend time at gatherings with her five classmates every month for the last 53 years. Family events were her most fun, especially picnics and grandchildren’s birthday parties where she always had chocolate chip cookies for them. She enjoyed attending the grandchildren’s music concerts and sporting events. Her roses and gardening were one of her favorite pasttimes. She considered books a “gift” and was an avid reader. She and Duane belonged to various square dance clubs in the area for many years and thoroughly enjoyed dancing.
Sports were an essential part of her life and she could be found cheering for the Austin Packer football and basketball teams and also the Minnesota Gophers football and basketball teams and Minnesota Lynx. She and Duane loved to travel and did a lot of it in their retirement years making journeys to Alaska, Hawaii, Bastogne, Belgium, Paris, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Canyonlands and other destinations in the U.S. Camping trips were fun when the family was growing up. Trips were made to Fort Myers Beach several winters.
She was preceded in death by her parents; adoptive parents, Dorothy and Howard Angell; her brothers, Warner E. Baxter and Donald (Juanita) Angell and a favorite aunt, Frances M. Baxter.
Connie leaves her husband, Stewart Duane Olson, Austin, MN; son, Stewart (Cheryl) Olson, Chaska; daughter, Joani (Robert) Phelps, Grosse Ile, Michigan; son, Scott (Ruth) Olson, Minneapolis and son, Lance (Trudy) Olson, Edina; eight grandchildren, Anthony (Jilian) Phelps, Belvidere, Illinois, Matthew Phelps, Tamuning, Guam, Nathan Olson, San Jose, California, Annie Olson, Minneapolis, Claire Olson, Minneapolis, and Meredith Olson, Minneapolis, Andrew Olson, Edina and Sarah Olson, Edina; great grandchildren, Clara Eve Phelps and Henry Robert Phelps; brother, David (Myrna) Angell, Uniontown, Ohio; sisters-in-law, Phyllis Gross, Owatonna, Cleone Morgan, Apple Valley and Janice (Robert) Chinnow, Marietta; nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 27th at Westminster Presbyterian Church with the Reverend Michael Olmsted and the Reverend Brittany MacMillan officiating. Visitation will be at the church one hour before the service. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery at a later date. Memorials are preferred to the The Hormel Historic Home, The Hormel Institute, or donor’s choice. Clasen-Jordan Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Constance “Connie” Baxter Olson was born September 20, 1930 in Madison, Wisconsin to Harvey and Loris (Baker) Baxter. Her parents divorced when she was nine months old, so she went to live with her adoptive parents, Dorothy and Howard Angell, her aunt and uncle. The Angells had a dairy farm and Connie liked to live there. She belonged to 4-H and later to the Rural Youth group. She went to a one-room school house, the old Woodson School on South River Street. She graduated from Austin High School in 1948. She worked at the office of Geo. A. Hormel & Co. during her senior year in high school and then continued for four years. She married S. Duane Olson on September 11, 1949 and they have celebrated 69 years together. For a decade, she worked for Josephine Kremer, Director of Elementary Education of the Austin Public Schools. Then she worked at the Hormel Foods Corporate Office for 25 years. She retired in January of 1992.
She loved her church, Westminster Presbyterian, and served as an Elder, a Deacon twice, participated on the Fellowship Committee and Worship Committee. She also went to Mike’s Bible Study on Tuesday mornings and was active in Pot Pourri Circle. She was a Charter member of the Hormel Historic Home Y’s Women, belonged to South River Street Home Extension Project Club, Austin Medical Center Auxiliary and Keepsake Quilters. She liked to get together with friends for coffee and she liked to spend time at gatherings with her five classmates every month for the last 53 years. Family events were her most fun, especially picnics and grandchildren’s birthday parties where she always had chocolate chip cookies for them. She enjoyed attending the grandchildren’s music concerts and sporting events. Her roses and gardening were one of her favorite pasttimes. She considered books a “gift” and was an avid reader. She and Duane belonged to various square dance clubs in the area for many years and thoroughly enjoyed dancing.
Sports were an essential part of her life and she could be found cheering for the Austin Packer football and basketball teams and also the Minnesota Gophers football and basketball teams and Minnesota Lynx. She and Duane loved to travel and did a lot of it in their retirement years making journeys to Alaska, Hawaii, Bastogne, Belgium, Paris, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Canyonlands and other destinations in the U.S. Camping trips were fun when the family was growing up. Trips were made to Fort Myers Beach several winters.
She was preceded in death by her parents; adoptive parents, Dorothy and Howard Angell; her brothers, Warner E. Baxter and Donald (Juanita) Angell and a favorite aunt, Frances M. Baxter.
Connie leaves her husband, Stewart Duane Olson, Austin, MN; son, Stewart (Cheryl) Olson, Chaska; daughter, Joani (Robert) Phelps, Grosse Ile, Michigan; son, Scott (Ruth) Olson, Minneapolis and son, Lance (Trudy) Olson, Edina; eight grandchildren, Anthony (Jilian) Phelps, Belvidere, Illinois, Matthew Phelps, Tamuning, Guam, Nathan Olson, San Jose, California, Annie Olson, Minneapolis, Claire Olson, Minneapolis, and Meredith Olson, Minneapolis, Andrew Olson, Edina and Sarah Olson, Edina; great grandchildren, Clara Eve Phelps and Henry Robert Phelps; brother, David (Myrna) Angell, Uniontown, Ohio; sisters-in-law, Phyllis Gross, Owatonna, Cleone Morgan, Apple Valley and Janice (Robert) Chinnow, Marietta; nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 27th at Westminster Presbyterian Church with the Reverend Michael Olmsted and the Reverend Brittany MacMillan officiating. Visitation will be at the church one hour before the service. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery at a later date. Memorials are preferred to the The Hormel Historic Home, The Hormel Institute, or donor’s choice. Clasen-Jordan Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Constance “Connie” Olson, 88, of Austin, Minnesota, passed away on Sunday morning, June 23, 2019 at Sacred Heart Care Center after a five year battle with lung cancer.
Constance “Connie” Baxter Olson was born September 20, 1930 in Madison, Wisconsin to Harvey and Loris (Baker) Baxter. Her parents divorced when she was nine months old, so she went to live with her adoptive parents, Dorothy and Howard Angell, her aunt and uncle. The Angells had a dairy farm and Connie liked to live there. She belonged to 4-H and later to the Rural Youth group. She went to a one-room school house, the old Woodson School on South River Street. She graduated from Austin High School in 1948. She worked at the office of Geo. A. Hormel & Co. during her senior year in high school and then continued for four years. She married S. Duane Olson on September 11, 1949 and they have celebrated 69 years together. For a decade, she worked for Josephine Kremer, Director of Elementary Education of the Austin Public Schools. Then she worked at the Hormel Foods Corporate Office for 25 years. She retired in January of 1992.
She loved her church, Westminster Presbyterian, and served as an Elder, a Deacon twice, participated on the Fellowship Committee and Worship Committee. She also went to Mike’s Bible Study on Tuesday mornings and was active in Pot Pourri Circle. She was a Charter member of the Hormel Historic Home Y’s Women, belonged to South River Street Home Extension Project Club, Austin Medical Center Auxiliary and Keepsake Quilters. She liked to get together with friends for coffee and she liked to spend time at gatherings with her five classmates every month for the last 53 years. Family events were her most fun, especially picnics and grandchildren’s birthday parties where she always had chocolate chip cookies for them. She enjoyed attending the grandchildren’s music concerts and sporting events. Her roses and gardening were one of her favorite pasttimes. She considered books a “gift” and was an avid reader. She and Duane belonged to various square dance clubs in the area for many years and thoroughly enjoyed dancing.
Sports were an essential part of her life and she could be found cheering for the Austin Packer football and basketball teams and also the Minnesota Gophers football and basketball teams and Minnesota Lynx. She and Duane loved to travel and did a lot of it in their retirement years making journeys to Alaska, Hawaii, Bastogne, Belgium, Paris, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Canyonlands and other destinations in the U.S. Camping trips were fun when the family was growing up. Trips were made to Fort Myers Beach several winters.
She was preceded in death by her parents; adoptive parents, Dorothy and Howard Angell; her brothers, Warner E. Baxter and Donald (Juanita) Angell and a favorite aunt, Frances M. Baxter.
Connie leaves her husband, Stewart Duane Olson, Austin, MN; son, Stewart (Cheryl) Olson, Chaska; daughter, Joani (Robert) Phelps, Grosse Ile, Michigan; son, Scott (Ruth) Olson, Minneapolis and son, Lance (Trudy) Olson, Edina; eight grandchildren, Anthony (Jilian) Phelps, Belvidere, Illinois, Matthew Phelps, Tamuning, Guam, Nathan Olson, San Jose, California, Annie Olson, Minneapolis, Claire Olson, Minneapolis, and Meredith Olson, Minneapolis, Andrew Olson, Edina and Sarah Olson, Edina; great grandchildren, Clara Eve Phelps and Henry Robert Phelps; brother, David (Myrna) Angell, Uniontown, Ohio; sisters-in-law, Phyllis Gross, Owatonna, Cleone Morgan, Apple Valley and Janice (Robert) Chinnow, Marietta; nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 27th at Westminster Presbyterian Church with the Reverend Michael Olmsted and the Reverend Brittany MacMillan officiating. Visitation will be at the church one hour before the service. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery at a later date. Memorials are preferred to the The Hormel Historic Home, The Hormel Institute, or donor’s choice. Clasen-Jordan Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Constance “Connie” Baxter Olson was born September 20, 1930 in Madison, Wisconsin to Harvey and Loris (Baker) Baxter. Her parents divorced when she was nine months old, so she went to live with her adoptive parents, Dorothy and Howard Angell, her aunt and uncle. The Angells had a dairy farm and Connie liked to live there. She belonged to 4-H and later to the Rural Youth group. She went to a one-room school house, the old Woodson School on South River Street. She graduated from Austin High School in 1948. She worked at the office of Geo. A. Hormel & Co. during her senior year in high school and then continued for four years. She married S. Duane Olson on September 11, 1949 and they have celebrated 69 years together. For a decade, she worked for Josephine Kremer, Director of Elementary Education of the Austin Public Schools. Then she worked at the Hormel Foods Corporate Office for 25 years. She retired in January of 1992.
She loved her church, Westminster Presbyterian, and served as an Elder, a Deacon twice, participated on the Fellowship Committee and Worship Committee. She also went to Mike’s Bible Study on Tuesday mornings and was active in Pot Pourri Circle. She was a Charter member of the Hormel Historic Home Y’s Women, belonged to South River Street Home Extension Project Club, Austin Medical Center Auxiliary and Keepsake Quilters. She liked to get together with friends for coffee and she liked to spend time at gatherings with her five classmates every month for the last 53 years. Family events were her most fun, especially picnics and grandchildren’s birthday parties where she always had chocolate chip cookies for them. She enjoyed attending the grandchildren’s music concerts and sporting events. Her roses and gardening were one of her favorite pasttimes. She considered books a “gift” and was an avid reader. She and Duane belonged to various square dance clubs in the area for many years and thoroughly enjoyed dancing.
Sports were an essential part of her life and she could be found cheering for the Austin Packer football and basketball teams and also the Minnesota Gophers football and basketball teams and Minnesota Lynx. She and Duane loved to travel and did a lot of it in their retirement years making journeys to Alaska, Hawaii, Bastogne, Belgium, Paris, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Canyonlands and other destinations in the U.S. Camping trips were fun when the family was growing up. Trips were made to Fort Myers Beach several winters.
She was preceded in death by her parents; adoptive parents, Dorothy and Howard Angell; her brothers, Warner E. Baxter and Donald (Juanita) Angell and a favorite aunt, Frances M. Baxter.
Connie leaves her husband, Stewart Duane Olson, Austin, MN; son, Stewart (Cheryl) Olson, Chaska; daughter, Joani (Robert) Phelps, Grosse Ile, Michigan; son, Scott (Ruth) Olson, Minneapolis and son, Lance (Trudy) Olson, Edina; eight grandchildren, Anthony (Jilian) Phelps, Belvidere, Illinois, Matthew Phelps, Tamuning, Guam, Nathan Olson, San Jose, California, Annie Olson, Minneapolis, Claire Olson, Minneapolis, and Meredith Olson, Minneapolis, Andrew Olson, Edina and Sarah Olson, Edina; great grandchildren, Clara Eve Phelps and Henry Robert Phelps; brother, David (Myrna) Angell, Uniontown, Ohio; sisters-in-law, Phyllis Gross, Owatonna, Cleone Morgan, Apple Valley and Janice (Robert) Chinnow, Marietta; nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 27th at Westminster Presbyterian Church with the Reverend Michael Olmsted and the Reverend Brittany MacMillan officiating. Visitation will be at the church one hour before the service. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery at a later date. Memorials are preferred to the The Hormel Historic Home, The Hormel Institute, or donor’s choice. Clasen-Jordan Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
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