Ross Olson

Published 12:00 am Saturday, August 29, 2009

Memorial services for Ross Allan Olson, age 62, of Conger will be held at 2p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Conger. The Rev. Gary Hanson will officiate. Interment will be at Conger Cemetery. Friends may greet the family one hour prior to the service at the church.
Ross died Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009. at his home.
Ross Allan Olson was born on Dec. 25, 1946, to Archie and Ella Mae (Kraushaar) Olson in Conger. He attended Conger Schools. Ross was a lifelong resident of Conger. He worked for Land O’ Lakes and Schweigert Foods in Albert Lea for many years, retiring in 2006. Ross owned and loved working with horses. He worked for many years and once had horses at his friend’s farm, Lee Jacobs of Conger.
Survivors include his uncle, Lloyd Kraushaar and wife, Delores, of Albert Lea; aunts, Helen Brigston and Susan Kraushaar, both of Albert Lea; brother-in-law, Carol Willert of Northern Iowa; many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Ross was preceded in death by his parents, Archie in 1989 and Ella Mae in 2004; grandparents, Joseph and Stella Kraushaar and Ole and Isabel Lee; sisters, Ruth Ann in 1972 and Ramona in 1990; brother, Roger in 2000; uncle and aunt, Ralph and Delores Kraushaar and uncles, Harry Brigston and Roy Kraushaar.