Waterloo Region Generations
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Elden Olsen

Elden Olsen

Male 1918 - 2008  (90 years)

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  • Name Elden Olsen 
    Born 1918  of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-134980 
    Died 20 Aug 2008  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I134980  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Family Thelma Barber,   b. Abt 1915, of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2004, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 89 years) 
    Children 
     1. David Olsen
     2. Deenie Olsen
     3. Robert Olsen
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F33786  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Elden Olsen
    Elden Olsen

  • Notes 
    • OLSEN, Elden - Passed away Wednesday, August 20, 2008, at A.R. Goudie Eventide Home, at the age of 89. Beloved husband of the late Thelma (nee Barber) Olsen (2004). He was the father of Eldeen and her husband Glenn Cuthbertson of Kitchener, Norman and his wife Grace of Brampton, David and his wife Anne of Kitchener, Alan and his wife Kristi of Chilliwack, B.C., Robert and his wife Linda of Kitchener. Survived by 27 grandchildren and 39 great-grandchildren. Dear brother of Hazel Rawlinson of Pleasant Grove, Utah. Predeceased by parents, James and Lula (nee Vance) Olsen and one great-granddaughter, Hallie Anne Romans. Elden was a University of Alberta graduate and internationally respected electrical engineer who designed transformers and large hydro-electric systems. He was a dedicated member and a local and regional leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He and his wife Thelma served a church mission in India. Elden's family will receive relatives and friends on Friday from 7-9 p.m. and Saturday from 7-9 p.m. at the Henry Walser Funeral Home , 507 Frederick St., Kitchener, 519-749-8467 and on Monday from 11: 30-12: 15 p.m. at the Kitchener Stake Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1250 Strasburg Rd., Kitchener), followed by a funeral service at 12: 30 p.m. The funeral service will be followed by a reception at the church. Interment, Memory Gardens Cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Perpetual Education Fund of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or the Salvation Army A.R. Goudie Eventide Home would be appreciated by the family (cards available at the funeral home). Special thanks to the staff of A.R. Goudie Eventide Home for their care and support. Visit www.henrywalser.com for Elden's memorial

      The Waterloo Region Newspaper 21 Aug 2008

  • Sources 
    1. [S602] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Waterloo Region Record (March 2008- ), Aug. 21, 2008 - Obituary of Elden Olsen.

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1918 - of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 20 Aug 2008 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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