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March 23, 2012
Dear Mike,
my deepest condolences to you and your family. I am so saddened to learn this...Tami was a beautiful person in every way. I just wish our paths had crossed again after MHS.
Kris Landsverk
Grace Hjelle
July 15, 2011
Sorry to hear about Tamara's passing. I want to express my condolences to you Michael and your family.
Nancy Snedeker
July 13, 2011
I had the privilege to know Tamara in a professional capacity for over twenty years. Every time I saw or spoke with Tamara she was so warm, I felt like I was talking to a close personal friend. My heart goes out to her family and all who knew and loved her. The world is certainly less bright without her presence.
Kathy Lester
July 12, 2011
Tamara was such a warm and caring person. Whenever I see someone knitting, I am sweetly reminded of Tamara. I am so grateful our paths crossed at Gray Plant Mooty.
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LuAnn Fransen
July 10, 2011
Words do not convey my deep sorrow for you all. Tamara was a FABULOUS women! I am glad I had the privilege to know her, even thought it was such a short time and now so long ago. But she is/was a memorable women!!!! God's blessings on you all!
M.E. Moltumyr
July 10, 2011
Yesterday I pulled out the Olsen family's photo Christmas card taken in March 2010 in Puerto Vallarta. It is a lovely photo which we will frame. It is the perfect photo
In which to
honor and remember Tami. Blessings and His peace to all.
July 8, 2011
Michael, I am so sorry about Tamara's untimely death. Our paths have not crossed since your time at Blake about twenty years ago. I hope it helps in some small way to know that you, Corbin and Johanna are in my thoughts during this difficult time. My heartfelt sympathy and love,
~Nancy Danielson, Wayzata, Minnesota
Shellie Jacobsen Christensen
July 7, 2011
My sympathies to Tamara's family. I knew the Hjelle family when I was a child growing up on 13th Street South in Moorhead and played with Tami. Sorry for your loss.
Rebecca Jordet
July 7, 2011
To my extended Hjelle family--my deepest sympathies go out. May the memory of Tami be blessed and may the love & compassion she had for the people she touched in life live on in all of our hearts. Love & prayers to you all.
Raquel Briskin
July 7, 2011
My deepest sympathy to Michael and the rest of Tamara's family. Tamara was my first mentor when I joined Gray Plant and became a friend as well. Her kindness, wise counsel, humor and grace were an inspiration to us all. Tamara's passing leaves a hole in the lives of the many, many people she touched.
Raquel Briskin
U.S. Bank
Margaret Kolb-Tavis
July 7, 2011
Tamara was a beautiful person inside and out. I had the pleasure of knowing her as a child and as an adult. A woman of great character. God will treasure her.
Please accept our sympathies. Margaret Kolb-Tavis
David Goldstein
July 7, 2011
An excellent lawyer, a wonderful colleague, and a woman of great devotion to family and faith. I am grateful to have known Tamara in law school and in practice. My thoughts and prayers are with your family. God bless you and those you have too soon left behind.
Gail Olson
July 7, 2011
Dear Olsen Family,
My deepest sympathy on your loss. I had the good fortune to know Tamara through our mutual work in higher education law. She was a lovely person and a superb professional, but it was clear that her family was the focus of her life. She will be greatly missed.
Vilma Kutomi
July 7, 2011
The members of Demarest & Almeida law firm were deeply saddened to hear of Tamara Lynn Hjelle Olsen's death. Please accept our most sincere sympathy and condolence.
tim burkett
July 7, 2011
Those of us who worked with Tamara at People Incorporated, where she was on the board of directors, deeply grieve her loss and extend our sympathy to her family in particular---She persistently glowed when she talked about each of them. I was moved when Tamara made a decision to join our board of directors out of the large group of non-profit agencies that she had to choose from. She was eager to de-stigmatize mental illness and very committed to our mission. We are deeply saddened by her death.
Tim Burkett, CEO
Mike Fleischhacker
July 7, 2011
Tony,
I am extremely sorry to hear about the loss of your sister. My thoughts are prayers with you and your family.
Sincerely,
Mike Fleischhacker
July 7, 2011
My deepest sympathies to your family. Arriving at St. Olaf in the fall of October 2008, my only regret is that I didn't have more time to work with Tamara. She was everything a Human Resources professional seeks; smart and wise, confident and considerate, always with a sense of humor about our position. Bright lights stay with us always and I hope your family knows, for those of us who worked with Tamara, that was just what she was.
Lora Steil
St. Olaf College
Kelly Lande
July 7, 2011
My heart goes out to Michael, Corbin, Johanna and family. Tamara was amazing at all that she did and such an inspriration. Words are not enough to express this tremendous loss. May her light and love always shine.
July 7, 2011
On behalf of our law firm Cuatrecasas, Goncalves Pereira, please receive our deepest condolences.
Deirdre Hjelle
July 7, 2011
I miss you, my dear sister Tami. I will carry you in my heart forever.
Paulette Hjelle-Ranta
July 6, 2011
Mike, Johanna, Corbin, DeeDee, Mara, Tony, Uncle Donn & Ann:
What a remarkable woman she was.
Grace, elegance, outstanding, lovely, amazing, gentle, wonderful, caring, fun and inspirational are words used in previous posts to described our dear Tami. What a blessing she was to each of us...
My love and prayers to each of you as we celebrate her memory.
Have a glorious journey Tami...until we meet again.
Henry Perlowski
July 6, 2011
"On behalf of our entire firm and all of us within the ELA, we were privileged to be associated with and get to know a person with the kind of integrity, intelligence and kindess as demonstrated by Tamara each and every day. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family."
Monica Groves
July 6, 2011
Tamara brought wisdom, care, and (appropriately) humor to each setting. Her warmth and kindness were evident in every situation and she was able to navigate through tough issues and needs -- providing excellent direction and wise counsel. Proverbs 31:10 (The Message) says, "A good woman is hard to find, and worth far more than diamonds." and later in the passage it says "When she speaks she has something worthwhile to say and she always says it kindly." These are true of Tamara. What an incredible loss her family, the team at Gray, Plant and Mooty, and all who knew her are feeling now. I hold you in prayer. I know her suffering is now exchanged for the glory and prize of Heaven with Christ Jesus, her Lord. She won!
Abigail Crouse
July 6, 2011
Tamara was one of the wisest, warmest, and most gracious people I've known. I feel so lucky to have worked with her and learned from her.
Abigail Crouse
Gray Plant Mooty
Gary Simpler
July 6, 2011
My wife and I send our most heart felt condolences to Tamara's family, friends and all of her colleages at her firm and within the Employment Law Alliance. We will miss her very much.
Anna Elento-Sneed
July 6, 2011
Tamara was intelligent, kind, and gracious. She will be sorely missed by her friends and colleagues at ELA. My prayers go out to her family and friends.
Peter Troedson
July 6, 2011
Tamara was a wonderful and beautiful person, and made a strong mark on the world! All pain, sorrow and tears are now wiped away. She is singing, and rejoicing, like never before. She is free, free at last!
Alejandro Luna-Arena
July 6, 2011
All of us who knew Tamara here at the ELA and, in particular, my partner Juan Carlos in Monterrey and I here in Mexico City shall miss her greatly. Our condolenses to the family. May she rest in peace.
Judith Bevis Langevin
July 6, 2011
Tamara's light was very bright. Those of us who loved her must do our best to keep it shining.
Judy Langevin
Gray Plant Mooty
July 6, 2011
I am so sorry to learn this sad news. I enjoyed knowing Tamara professionally over the last 11 years and will miss her terribly. She was the very definition of grace. My thoughts and prayers are with her family, friends and colleagues.
Sue Frederick
San Francisco, CA
July 6, 2011
I was blessed to know Tamara through our memberships in the Employment Law Alliance. We enjoyed many conversations and quickly discovered a common bond: her client and my alma mater, St. Olaf College. Tamara was an inspiration to all of us and set the examples as how we should live our lives.
Dan Johns, Kalispell, Montana
Bruce Alper
July 6, 2011
My deepest condolences go out to Tamara's family. She was a kind and warm person and accomplished professional.
Jan Tibor Lelley
July 6, 2011
It is hard to believe. A terrible loss. My thoughts are with Tamara's family and friends.
Leonard Court
July 6, 2011
Tamara was an outstandfing attorney and an even better person. she will be missed.
Jim Erickson
July 6, 2011
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family, Michael. Jim
Mary Moltumyr
July 6, 2011
What a lovely, amazing and elegant woman. I am so very sorry for the loss of your wife, mother, sister, and daughter. Words are hard to come by right now.
With love, Mary Ellen Moltumyr
July 6, 2011
Tamara was a wonderful person and professional colleague. I am sure she was even more wonderful at home. Her gentle demeanor, caring attitude, and fun spirit were easy to see.
Let her life be an inspiration to all of us.
Kristy Sybilrud
St. Olaf College
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