1894 - 1980 (85 years)
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Name |
Josephine D. (Bessie) Street [2] |
Birth |
9 Jun 1894 |
Alabama [2, 3, 4] |
Gender |
Female |
Death |
8 Apr 1980 |
Baraga, Baraga, Michigan [2, 4, 5, 6] |
Burial |
Baraga Cemetery, Baraga, Michigan [2] |
Notes |
- Mrs. Adolph S. Olson, 85, of Baraga, died Tuesday afternoon at Winkler's Nursing Home. She was born June 9, 1894 in Cullman, Alabama. She married Adolph Olson January 5, 1928 in Iron Mountain. They had resided in Baraga for the past two years, and prior to that, they had lived in Phoenix, AZ for 35 years. They were the former owners and operators of the Baraga Theatre in the 1930's. Mrs. Olson is survived by her husband Adolph of Baraga, one daughter, Mrs. Joseph Penner of Boise, ID; one sister, Mrs. Thelma McGuire of Riverside, CA, seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. A daughter, Mrs. Cyril Bergerson preceded her in death. Funeral services for Mrs. Olson were held Friday at 10 a.m. at the Sirard Funeral Home with the Rev. Fr. John Hascall officiating. Burial was in the Baraga Cemetery.
Mrs. Adolph, Josephine, Olson, 85, of Baraga, died late Tuesday afternoon at the Winkler Nursing Home in L'Anse. The Sirard Funeral Home is in charge of funeral arrangements.
Bessie had been in a nursing home since May, 1979., , Karen Mayo, Box 234, Baraga, MI 49908 [1, 6, 7]
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Person ID |
I1787 |
Mindrum |
Last Modified |
7 Nov 2014 |
Family 2 |
Adolph Benjamin Olson, b. 3 Nov 1896, Gary, Deuel, South Dakota d. 6 Jun 1980, Baraga, Baraga, Michigan (Age 83 years) |
Marriage |
3 Jan 1928 |
- Adolph did carpenter work with France. He went to Niagara, , Wisconsinand that's where he met Bessie. Bessie had a restaurant and , he workedin the paper mill and also ran a taxi. They bought a farm , after 1929and then sold the farm and Adolph put on movie shows in , C.C. Camps inBaraga, Michigan on Saturdays and Sundays. Then he went , to showingthe 35mm movies in the Baraga Theater until that building , was closedby the fire marshal as a fire hazard. He also used to go , to the "poorfarm" about once a month and give them free shows with , the pictures., , In 1938 he built the horseshoe bar that graced the halls of , theGrandville Bar in Baraga. He also liked to build miniature , chapelsfor people to use as decorations and centerpieces. When the , BaragaTheater was closed, Adolph went to work for the Hilliard , Sawmill andthen for the Weldman Sawmill in Bergland, Michigan., , When the war started they went to Chicago where he worked in the , warfactories. He worked for Buick
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Children |
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Family ID |
F483 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
23 Sep 2023 |
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Sources |
- [S13] Mindrum GEDCOM file imported on 25 Jan 1999 from Addy Monsen.
- [S1697] Josephine Olson death certificate.
- [S488] 1930 US Census, Wisconsin, Marinettte, Niagara, District 19.
- [S489] MIchigan Deaths, 1971-1996, www.ancestry.com.
- [S5] Letter from Karen Mayo to Addy Monsen.
- [S1687] Josephine Olson obituary, The Daily Mining Gazette, Houghton, Mich., Wednesday 9 Apr 1980.
- [S1712] Josephine Olson obituary, L'Anse Sentinel, Wednesday, 16 Apr 1980, page 11.
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