Annapolis, Maryland
1927 - 2022
James Oliver Olfson or "Swede", of Harwood, passed away peacefully on March 21st following a brief illness. Born April 5th, 1927 and growing up in Appleton Wisconsin, Swede learned the value of hard work and importance of family. At 17 Swede followed his older brother, J.R., into WW2, serving in...
Read More
Requiem Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me lie. Glad did I live and gladly die, And I laid me down with a will. This be the verse you grave for me: Here he lies where he longed to be; Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hill. --Robert Louis Stevenson
CAPT & MRS Michael J. Fitzgerald, US Navy, Ret
April 19, 2022 | Family
An odd coincidence led to my 50-year friendship with Swede Olfson. His insurance agent also was the agent for one of my law partners in Washington, D.C. When Charlie learned that my wife and I were moving to Annapolis, he introduced us to Swede and Donna. There followed a friendship defined by large bodies of water. They included sailing on Chesapeake Bay with the Sailing Club of the Chesapeake, renting houses side-by-side in the winter in the Bahamas, and cruises in Europe. Swede and Donna...
Philip Neal
April 16, 2022 | Friend
