Elden Olsen

1918 - 2008  (90 years)

• Name	Elden Olsen
  Born	1918	of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-134980
  Died	20 Aug 2008	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I134980	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family	Thelma Barber,   b. Abt 1915, of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2004, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 89 years)
  Children	1. David Olsen   2. Deenie Olsen   3. Robert Olsen
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F33786	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Elden Olsen

  
  

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  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

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

  
  

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  Born - 1918 - of, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 20 Aug 2008 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Memory Gardens Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth