"Funeral services were held this past Tuesday for Lena Helland, 88, in the North Preston Lutheran Church at 10:30 A.M. with the Rev. Thomas Hagen, officiating. Organist for the service was Karen Nelson and a duet by Mr. and Mrs. Mayo Neilson. Lena was born January 23, 1896 to Arne and Louise Olson in the North Preston vicinity. She was baptized, confirmed, and a life long member of the North Preston Lutheran Church. She married Knute Helland on October 11, 1924 and they farmed in the North Preston area until they moved into Lake Preston in 1955. Mrs. Helland is survived by a son, Wendell, Lake Preston and a daughter, Mrs. Monroe (Ardell) Jensen, Sioux Falls; four sisters, Martha Hedberg, Lake Preston; Ella Jensen, Sioux Falls; Mrs. Marvin (Alvina) Jensen, New Ulm, MN and Nellie Larson, Sioux Falls, three brothers, Albert, Martin, and John all of Lake Preston. Six grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1974. Pallbearers were Albert Anderson, Lonnie Jensen, Ardean Helland, Arden Jensen, Eugene Larson, and Clarence Hedberg. Burial was in the North Preston Church cemetery with the Johnson-Henry Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements."
"Funeral services were held this past Tuesday for Lena Helland, 88, in the North Preston Lutheran Church at 10:30 A.M. with the Rev. Thomas Hagen, officiating. Organist for the service was Karen Nelson and a duet by Mr. and Mrs. Mayo Neilson. Lena was born January 23, 1896 to Arne and Louise Olson in the North Preston vicinity. She was baptized, confirmed, and a life long member of the North Preston Lutheran Church. She married Knute Helland on October 11, 1924 and they farmed in the North Preston area until they moved into Lake Preston in 1955. Mrs. Helland is survived by a son, Wendell, Lake Preston and a daughter, Mrs. Monroe (Ardell) Jensen, Sioux Falls; four sisters, Martha Hedberg, Lake Preston; Ella Jensen, Sioux Falls; Mrs. Marvin (Alvina) Jensen, New Ulm, MN and Nellie Larson, Sioux Falls, three brothers, Albert, Martin, and John all of Lake Preston. Six grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1974. Pallbearers were Albert Anderson, Lonnie Jensen, Ardean Helland, Arden Jensen, Eugene Larson, and Clarence Hedberg. Burial was in the North Preston Church cemetery with the Johnson-Henry Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements."
Family Members
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Anna Boe Olson Anderson
1886–1962
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Tena Mary Olson Lewis
1887–1974
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Martha Odena Olson Hedberg
1890–1987
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Oskar J. Boe
1892–1893
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Jensena Louise "Jennie" Olson Storhaug
1894–1977
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John Oliver Olson
1898–1985
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Ole Edwin Olson
1900–1981
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Albert Theodore Olson
1901–2001
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Ella Mathilde Olson Jensen
1904–1996
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Alvina Olson Jensen
1906–2008
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Martin Olson
1909–2000
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Nellie Martina Olson Larson
1911–2001
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