Phyllis M. Olsen, 74, Albert Lea
Published 12:00 am Tuesday, May 21, 2002
Memorial services for Phyllis M. Olsen, age 74, of Albert Lea, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, at the First Baptist Church in Albert Lea. The Rev. Clayton Balsley will officiate. Interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation is 5-7 p.m. today at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home, and one hour prior to the services at the church.
Phyllis died Sunday, May 19, 2002, at the Albert Lea Medical Center.
Phyllis Myrna Olsen was born Dec. 19,1927, to Robert B. and Ella (Hunte) Miller Sr. in Freeborn. She graduated from Freeborn High School and attended one year of nurse’s training. On Feb. 16, 1947, Phyllis was united in marriage to Dennis Olsen in Albert Lea. She worked at Land O’Lakes, Clothing Care Center, St. John’s Lutheran Home, Naeve Hospital, and the local cable company. She was a very active member of First Baptist Church in Albert Lea.
Survivors include son, Bruce Olsen and his wife Marilyn of St. Petersburg, Fla.; daughters: Myrna Lewis and her husband Dennis of Jordan, Minn., and Libby Herr and her husband John of Albert Lea; grandchildren: Phillip and Dennis Reindl of Fargo, N.D., Krissandra and Jacob Roth of Minneapolis, and Robert Strehlow of Mankato; brother, Robert B. Miller Jr. and his wife Elin of Freeborn; sister, Mary Yokiel and her husband Arthur of Plymouth; brothers- and sisters-in-law: Herbert Sackett of Dodge Center, Warren and Betty Olsen of Morristown, Ralph and Marjorie Olsen of Owatonna, Donald and Jean Coshun of Waukesha, Wis., and Morton Silberman of Reynolds, Ga.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Phyllis was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one sister, two sisters-in-law, and two nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to First Baptist Church in Albert Lea.