Jennie and Helmer raised five children: William H. Olson (1907-1968); Raymond M. Olson (1908-1982); Evelyn M. Olson McFarlane (1910-1996); Gordon C. Olson (1912-1962); Audrey Gale Olson Raatz (1919-2013).
After Helmer's death in 1926, Jennie sold their house and moved with all of her children to La Crosse. With the money from the house, she bought a popcorn wagon as a way to support herself and her children.
Jennie died at the age of age of 96 in the St. Francis Nursing Home in La Crosse, Wisconsin. She had suffered a stroke a few years prior and died of congestive heart failure.
Funeral arrangements were handled by Schumacher-Kish Funeral Home, 720 S. 7th St, La Crosse. Burial was in Catholic Cemetery, La Crosse, WI.
Jennie and Helmer raised five children: William H. Olson (1907-1968); Raymond M. Olson (1908-1982); Evelyn M. Olson McFarlane (1910-1996); Gordon C. Olson (1912-1962); Audrey Gale Olson Raatz (1919-2013).
After Helmer's death in 1926, Jennie sold their house and moved with all of her children to La Crosse. With the money from the house, she bought a popcorn wagon as a way to support herself and her children.
Jennie died at the age of age of 96 in the St. Francis Nursing Home in La Crosse, Wisconsin. She had suffered a stroke a few years prior and died of congestive heart failure.
Funeral arrangements were handled by Schumacher-Kish Funeral Home, 720 S. 7th St, La Crosse. Burial was in Catholic Cemetery, La Crosse, WI.