Peter Christain Olsen
| Date of Interment or Death | 12/28/1948 |
|---|---|
| Location | Old Fairview |
| Section | C |
| Block-Lot-Grave | 19-1-4n |
Obituary
Funeral Tuesday For P.C Olsen At Bethel Church
Well Loved Resident Dies Christmas Day At Home In City
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock from Bethel Lutheran church for P.C. Olsen, beloved resident of the city who died Christmas evening at his home. The body will lie in state at the Vertin funeral home until 1 p.m. Tuesday.
Peter Christian Olsen was born in Tjotta, Norway March 3, 1874, the son of the late Iver and Helena Olsen. He came to the United States with his parents as a young boy and came to north Richland county where his parents farmed.
Later they moved to Dickey county and homesteaded near Oakes. Peter attended school at Oakes and also went away to school. He was a profound student and had a great desire for learning. He taught school at Oakes and worked at the office of the county auditor at Ellendale.
In 1903 he entered the U.S. railway mail service and continued in that work until he retired in 1936. He married Miss Randi Arntzen at Forman, N.D., and they lived a short time at Oakes and Jamestown, coming to Wahpeton in 1909 where they purchased their present home at 822 Third Ave. N.
Mr. Olsen has been active in music and church work and directed choirs at Oakes, Staples and Wahpeton. He also organized and directed small classical orchestras. After his retirement in 1936 he spent several years in Florida and Illinois. In February 1947 he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and has since been an invalid.
He was a member of the Oakes Lutheran church and the Masonic lodge. Mr. Olsen was a kindly man and greatly interested in children.
He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Sigvald Thompson of Fargo, a sister, Mrs. C. H. O’Neall, Fargo and his grandson, Ernest H. Lloyd.
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Location
Old Fairview is located on the southern half of the cemetery grounds.