Lois Ann Bru Olson

Lois Ann Bru Olson

7/12/1919 - Buena Vista County, South Dakota

8/14/2001 - Bend, Oregon
m. Theodore B Olson, 5/18/1941, Honolulu, Hawaii

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July 12, 1919 — Aug. 14, 2001
Lois Ann (Bru) Olson of Bend died Tuesday of natural causes. She was 82.  A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at First Lutheran Church.

Mrs. Olson was born July 12, 1919, in Buena Vista County, S.D. She married Theodore Olson on May 18, 1941, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

She worked for the Censorship Bureau in Hawaii during World War II. She was a school teacher in San Bernardino, Calif. before retiring in 1971 and moving to Bend.

Mrs. Olson was affiliated with the St. Charles Hospital Auxiliary, Garden Grove Lutheran Church and Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church.

Survivors include her two daughters, Mary Deegan of Bend and Elizabeth Stewart of Davis, Calif.; one sister, Vera Bru of Woodland, Calif.; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, two brothers and three sisters.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Bend La Pine, 1303 NW Galveston Ave., Bend 97701.
Funeral Alternatives is in charge of arrangements.