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Helen Elaine Jacobson Olson

Birth	:	1 Aug 1934 Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	6 Jun 2021 Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Phelps Cemetery, Decorah, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.2908150, -91.7830920
Description	:	Helen Elaine (Jacobson) Olson passed away peacefully of natural causes at the Barthell Eastern Star Home on Sunday night June 6, 2021, with her loving family by her side. Helen was born to Martha (Stevens) Jacobson and Carl Harold Jacobson on August 1, 1934, at her Aunt Ella's house on John Street in Decorah, Iowa. Helen was baptized in a rural church and was confirmed by Rev. R. A. Ofstedahl at First Lutheran Church. She attended school in Decorah and graduated from Decorah High School with honors in 1952. She was a telephone operator... Read More	Helen Elaine (Jacobson) Olson passed away peacefully of natural causes at the Barthell Eastern Star Home on Sunday night June 6, 2021, with her loving family by her side. Helen was born to Martha (Stevens) Jacobson and Carl Harold Jacobson on August 1, 1934, at her Aunt Ella's house on John Street in Decorah, Iowa. Helen was baptized in a rural church and was confirmed by Rev. R. A. Ofstedahl at First Lutheran Church. She attended school in Decorah and graduated from Decorah High School with honors in 1952. She was a telephone operator for Northwestern Bell in Decorah for one year. She then moved to New Orleans, LA and worked in the Trust Department of the Whitney National Bank of New Orleans for two years. Helen met her beloved soul mate, Kenneth Lowell Olson, when she had returned to her hometown Decorah on a two-week vacation, while she was living in New Orleans, Louisiana. They met on a Friday. Six days later Ken proposed and six weeks from the day they met, they were married. Ken's mother Luella made her wedding dress. Needless to say, Helen never returned to Louisiana. They were married on July 8, 1955 at the First Lutheran Church in Decorah by the Rev B.A. Johnson. To this union 3 children were born: Mark Lowell, Karla Louise, and Judy Lynn. When Helen's last child began school, she went to work for the Security Bank and Trust Company. She worked there for 29 years and thoroughly enjoyed all the customers and co-workers. Upon retirement she and Kenneth began spending part of the winter in Yuma, AZ. or Gulf Shores AL. She enjoyed her family, dancing, singing, golf, playing cards, swimming, reading, and writing letters with her beautiful penmanship. She was a member of the Mary Circle at First Lutheran Church and the Hospital Auxiliary. She volunteered at the hospital every Monday and ran the cash register in the dining room. She also counted the offering money at First Lutheran Church every May, June, and July. The last 4 ½ yrs., while a resident of Barthell Eastern Star Home, she enjoyed Hallmark movies and reading romance novels. Family was the most important thing in the world to her, therefore happy endings of movies and books gave her great pleasure. Helen is survived by her three children and their spouses, six grandchildren and their spouses, and her four great grandchildren: Mark (Jennifer) Olson, Karla Olson, and Judy (Dale) Peter; 6 grandchildren: Rhonda (Chopper) Albert, Melanie (Scott) Rutman, Jon (Kristen) Olson, Melissa (Will Wilder; special friend) Olson, Sara (AJ Bryant; fiancé) Olson and Jason (Angela Zuniga; special friend) Olson; and 4 great-grandchildren: Ariana Albert, Chloe Albert, Vincent Steppe, & Jack Olson; two sisters-in-law Jerene Jacobson and Florence Olson; brother-in-law Donald Olson; nieces and nephews Billy Jacobson, Rhonda Tramel, Gary Jacobson, Ranell Olson & Randy Olson. Also, by very special friends that meant the world to her: Nancy Carolan, Liz Wiger, Nicole Kimber, Trisha Johansen and Mary Murphy. She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Kenneth Lowell Olson on October 24, 2010, her father Carl Harold Jacobson on September 3, 1984, her mother Martha (Stevens) Jacobson on April 30, 1979, and her grandparents Oscar and Ingebor Jacobson and Eric and Regina Stevens. Brothers Galen Jacobson (2014) and Roger Jacobson (2016). Her mother- and father in-law Luella (Hattlestad) & Martin Lawrence Olson. Brother-in-law Ronald Olson. Sister-in-law Mabel Olson. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, June 11, 2021 at Decorah Lutheran Church with Rev. Peter Kowitz officiating. Burial will be in the Phelps Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation will be from 4:00-6:00 p.m. Thursday, June 10 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah, and on Friday beginning at 10:00 a.m., one hour before the service, at Decorah Lutheran Church. Fjelstul Funeral Home

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Helen Elaine Jacobson Olson's memorial is located at: Phelps Cemetery, Decorah, Winneshiek County, USA.
When did Helen Elaine Jacobson Olson death?
Helen Elaine Jacobson Olson death on 6 Jun 2021 in Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 43.2908150
Longitude: -91.7830920

Family Members:

Parent

Carl Harold Jacobson

(1902 - 1984)

Martha G. Stevens Jacobson

(1903 - 1979)

Spouse

Kenneth Lowell “Ken” Olson

(1931 - 2010)

Siblings

Galen W. Jacobson

(1927 - 2014)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Phelps Cemetery
Decorah, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2908150, -91.7830920

2. Saint Benedict Cemetery
Decorah, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2835999, -91.7818985

3. Lutheran Cemetery
Decorah, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2987130, -91.7774110

4. Freeport Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.3006000, -91.7430000

5. Aasa Haugen Home Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2698330, -91.8421110

6. Union Prairie Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.2585983, -91.8368988

7. North Washington Prairie Pioneer Cemetery
Washington Prairie, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2560997, -91.7236023

8. Washington Prairie Lutheran Church Cemetery
Washington Prairie, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2378006, -91.7378006

9. Washington Prairie Norwegian Methodist Cemetery
Washington Prairie, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2352982, -91.7433014

10. Russell Cemetery
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Coordinate: 43.3608017, -91.7885971

11. Canoe German Methodist Church Cemetery
Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3529000, -91.7358000

12. Bruvold Farm Cemetery
Nordness, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2221968, -91.7509863

13. Springfield Cemetery
Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2221985, -91.8171997

14. McIntosh Cemetery
Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2696991, -91.8833008

15. Glenwood Cemetery
Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2947998, -91.6760406

16. Madison Lutheran Church East Cemetery
Decorah, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3133000, -91.8986000

17. Springwater Cemetery
Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3792000, -91.7431030

18. Garfield Family Cemetery
Conover, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2266900, -91.8846700

19. Hauge Lutheran Cemetery
Decorah, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3922000, -91.7740000

20. Madison Cemetery
Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.3135986, -91.9233017

21. Madison Settlement Cemetery
Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2607994, -91.9233017

22. Glenwood Lutheran Cemetery
Decorah, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2817001, -91.6346970

23. Pontoppidan Cemetery
Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2747002, -91.6339035

24. Scandinavian Methodist-Episcopal Cemetery
Washington Prairie, Winneshiek County, USA
Coordinate: 43.2695000, -91.6347000