Frances June Olson
June 26, 1926 — January 17, 2012
Frances June Olson, of Eureka, died on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at the Eureka Nursing Center, in Eureka at the age of 85.
She was born on June 26, 1926, in Lapland, the daughter of Elmer and Denzel (Sumner) Olson. She was raised in Eureka and attended local schools and graduated from Haven High School. Later Frances attended Alder Hare Business College. She worked in a number of jobs in Kansas and then moved to Ohio to manage the office of an oil company. She returned to Eureka and worked for Hogoboom Oil, and later Bluestem Clinic. She spent the last years of her career as a dispatcher for the Greenwood County Sheriff’s Department.
She is survived by numerous nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, and one sister.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, January 20, 2012, at Koup Family Funeral Home, in Eureka with Pastor Maureen Howard of Christ Lutheran Church officiating. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that memorials be made to Christ Lutheran Church of Eureka. Contributions may be sent in care of Koup Family Funeral Home at P.O. Box 595, Eureka, KS 67045, which was in charge of service arrangements.
She was born on June 26, 1926, in Lapland, the daughter of Elmer and Denzel (Sumner) Olson. She was raised in Eureka and attended local schools and graduated from Haven High School. Later Frances attended Alder Hare Business College. She worked in a number of jobs in Kansas and then moved to Ohio to manage the office of an oil company. She returned to Eureka and worked for Hogoboom Oil, and later Bluestem Clinic. She spent the last years of her career as a dispatcher for the Greenwood County Sheriff’s Department.
She is survived by numerous nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, and one sister.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, January 20, 2012, at Koup Family Funeral Home, in Eureka with Pastor Maureen Howard of Christ Lutheran Church officiating. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that memorials be made to Christ Lutheran Church of Eureka. Contributions may be sent in care of Koup Family Funeral Home at P.O. Box 595, Eureka, KS 67045, which was in charge of service arrangements.
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