Robert "Chris" Olsen Jr.

Robert Christian "Chris" Olsen, Jr., grew up as one of those midcentury hellions of midtown Mobile. He enjoyed a life of saltwater fishing, building stuff and reading – a LOT.
We have certified evidence of his proclivity to independent thinking, despite the handicap of being an utterly passionate Professional Electrical Engineer. If your building was designed with Hofheins & Associates (Mobile), Levy-Kramer (Baton Rouge), Best & Associates (St. Pete), H.M. Yonge & Associates (Mobile), or Savage-Olsen (Mobile), this guy may well have had a strong hand in it. It was hard to take him anywhere without a guided tour of the buildings he knew from the ground up. And a mischievous hobby was critiquing the electrical service at any open house.
Not a big talker, he was happiest in the company of a flock of joyous gabby people, where we trust he is now.
He is most fondly remembered by his siblings, Emilie Sue, Debbo and Rick; his kids, Robert III and Laurie; his grand-hellions, Marshal, Violet, Genevieve, Indigo and Robert IV; Oh, and Helen, his lucky wife.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks memorial donations may be made to Mobile Baykeepers at https://mobilebaykeeper.org/give/, South Alabama Land Trust at https://southalabamalandtrust.org/ways-to-give/ or Little Sisters of the Poor at https://littlesistersofthepoormobile.org/
Hughes Funeral Home, 26209 Pollard Road, Daphne, AL, is assisting the family.