Germaine L. "Geri" Olson

Germaine L. "Geri" Olson, 76, of Naperville passed away Friday, February 2, 2007 at Sunrise Assisted Living in Naperville. She was born March 29, 1930 in Minnesota. Ms. Olson was a graduate of St. Margaret's Academy in Minneapolis, the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul and earned her Masters of English from the University of Minnesota and a Masters in Library Science from Rosary College in River Forest, IL. She taught as a Benedictine Nun known as Sister Paul at the St. Paul Priory and Monastery and at Visitation and Assumption Schools in Richfield, MN. She left the Priory in 1967 and moved to Illinois where she taught English at Lyons Township High school in LaGrange and College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn.

Geri was a world traveler and life long teacher and student. An active volunteer, she joined missionary trips to Slovakia to teach English to their high school educators. She volunteered at Edward Hospital in Naperville, was the Project Coordinator for Oral History at the LaGrange Library, and an active member of Our Lady of the Cenacle in Warrenville and St. Margaret Mary Church in Naperville and numerous others.

She is survived by her sister-in-law, Arlene Olson; nine nieces, Susan Olson-Springer, Laurie Ann Olson, Suzanne (Bob) Borrhello, Michele (John) Simons, Mary (Phil) Tullbane, Susan York, Judy (Tim) Larson, Colleen (Dan) Simcoe and Kristen (John) Elmore; three nephews, John (Tammi) Olson, John (Bobbie) Knight and Terry (Liz) Knight. Many great nieces; nephews; and special friends also survive.

She is reunited in Heaven with her parents, Paul and Ruth Olson; brothers, Donald and Paul Olson; sister, Ruth Mary Knight; and nephews, Larry Olson and Timothy Knight.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, February 6, 2007, 9:30 AM at the Beidelman-Kunsch Funeral Home, 516 S. Washington St., Naperville to St. Margaret Mary Church, 1450 Green Trails Dr., Naperville for a 10 AM Mass of Christian Burial. Interment will take place in Resurrection Cemetery in Mendota Heights, MN. A visitation will be held on Monday from 5 to 8 PM at the funeral home. The family would like to thank the staff at Sunrise Assisted Living for the loving care provided to Geri. Memorials may be made to the St. Paul Monastery; Attn: Prioress, 2675 Larpenter Ave. E., St. Paul, MN, 55109-5097 or Our Lady of the Cenacle, 29W012 Batavia Rd., Box 797, Warrenville, IL, 60555. Info. at 630-355-0264 or www.beidlemankunschfh.com.