Verna L. Olson

Verna L. Olson, 93, formerly of W. Duluth and Lenox Place, died April 29, 2005 at Chris Jensen Nursing Home. She was born in Purdy, Wis., May 3, 1911 to Alfred and Hanna Sandberg Gauper. At age 7, her family moved to Jesse Lake, Minn. Verna graduated from Deer River High School in 1929 as class Salutatorian. The family then moved to Duluth where Verna graduated from the Young and Hursh Business College and worked for the Mass. Mutal Ins. Co. She later married Walton Olson on March 19, 1937 and later worked as an insurance secretary for Travelers and New York Life Ins. Cos. Her interests included writing poetry. Verna had many friends and was kind and caring. She was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church, its Sunshine Club, was the Lenox Place Club Secretary and volunteered at the West End Sr. Center. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband in 1971, brother Chester, and sisters Inez and Audrey Gauper, Alice Vikre, Marion Meyer, and Mabel Blake. Verna is survived by her son Gerald (Nancy) Olson, daughter Janice (Ron) Jezierski, all of Duluth, brothers Morris (Betty), Coleraine, John (Marie), Marysville, Calif., grandchildren Gregory, Vicki, Lisa, Lori, Kirk, and Robb, 13 great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. VISITATION:5-7 p.m. Monday, and continues from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. Funeral Service Tuesday, all at Williams-Lobermeier Funeral Home. Burial at Onetoa Cemetery.