"Mike" Oleson was a very stubborn man, would give you the shirt off his back, and work from sun up to sun down to make a dollar, he had an exceptional work ethic. But he also had a drinking problem in his early years.
His middle name has been a mystery, his mother's maiden name was Gifford, but he always said it was George, in the Iowa Birth Records it shows the above name as listed.
His parents were very poor and lost their farm near Wessington SD and so they placed him with another farmer in the area when he was about 16 to work and make money.
By 18, he had run away from the farm work, and was boxing in the circus to earn a living, doing that for several years, when he happened to end up in Glenwood MN where he met Sarah Martin, who was divorced from her first husband.
He worked and traveled with several construction crews around South Dakota, including working on the airport runway at Sioux Falls, SD, but in 1965 obtained employment at Ellsworth AFB and moved to a permanent home at 222 Doolittle Street in Rapid City SD, where they remained until his death. © RoxAnna Foudray 2014
Milo G. Oleson
Services for Milo G. Oleson, 64, who died Wednesday in a local hospital, will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Behrens Mortuary in Mountain View Cemetery.
Oleson was born July 25, 1909 at Crisco, Iowa. He moved to Igloo in 1942 and worked in road construction before moving to Rapid City in 1961. He was a civil service employee at Ellsworth AFB the past 10 years.
Oleson married Sarah Martin Aug. 28, 1931 at Glenwood, Minn.
Survivors include his widow, Sarah, Rapid City; three sons, Leo, Rapid City; Dennis, Pierre and Kenneth, Charleston, S. C.; at stepson, Raymond Gilbertson, Rapid City; three daughters Mrs. Carl (Sylvia) Wynegar, Rapid City; Mrs. Emil (Joyce) Bilek, Clinton, Iowa, and Mrs. Warren (Verna) Tresler, Elvira, Iowa; a sister Mrs. Edna Cronn, Florence, Ore., and 22 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one son and one sister, and his parents.
Published by Behrens Mortuary from information obtained by the family, copyright to Sylvia Oleson for the information, however, the funeral director did a terrible job on this obituary and it has several mistakes, in the Rapid City Journal 23 May 1974, Rapid City SD
His middle name has been a mystery, his mother's maiden name was Gifford, but he always said it was George, in the Iowa Birth Records it shows the above name as listed.
His parents were very poor and lost their farm near Wessington SD and so they placed him with another farmer in the area when he was about 16 to work and make money.
By 18, he had run away from the farm work, and was boxing in the circus to earn a living, doing that for several years, when he happened to end up in Glenwood MN where he met Sarah Martin, who was divorced from her first husband.
He worked and traveled with several construction crews around South Dakota, including working on the airport runway at Sioux Falls, SD, but in 1965 obtained employment at Ellsworth AFB and moved to a permanent home at 222 Doolittle Street in Rapid City SD, where they remained until his death. © RoxAnna Foudray 2014
Milo G. Oleson
Services for Milo G. Oleson, 64, who died Wednesday in a local hospital, will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Behrens Mortuary in Mountain View Cemetery.
Oleson was born July 25, 1909 at Crisco, Iowa. He moved to Igloo in 1942 and worked in road construction before moving to Rapid City in 1961. He was a civil service employee at Ellsworth AFB the past 10 years.
Oleson married Sarah Martin Aug. 28, 1931 at Glenwood, Minn.
Survivors include his widow, Sarah, Rapid City; three sons, Leo, Rapid City; Dennis, Pierre and Kenneth, Charleston, S. C.; at stepson, Raymond Gilbertson, Rapid City; three daughters Mrs. Carl (Sylvia) Wynegar, Rapid City; Mrs. Emil (Joyce) Bilek, Clinton, Iowa, and Mrs. Warren (Verna) Tresler, Elvira, Iowa; a sister Mrs. Edna Cronn, Florence, Ore., and 22 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one son and one sister, and his parents.
Published by Behrens Mortuary from information obtained by the family, copyright to Sylvia Oleson for the information, however, the funeral director did a terrible job on this obituary and it has several mistakes, in the Rapid City Journal 23 May 1974, Rapid City SD
"Mike" Oleson was a very stubborn man, would give you the shirt off his back, and work from sun up to sun down to make a dollar, he had an exceptional work ethic. But he also had a drinking problem in his early years.
His middle name has been a mystery, his mother's maiden name was Gifford, but he always said it was George, in the Iowa Birth Records it shows the above name as listed.
His parents were very poor and lost their farm near Wessington SD and so they placed him with another farmer in the area when he was about 16 to work and make money.
By 18, he had run away from the farm work, and was boxing in the circus to earn a living, doing that for several years, when he happened to end up in Glenwood MN where he met Sarah Martin, who was divorced from her first husband.
He worked and traveled with several construction crews around South Dakota, including working on the airport runway at Sioux Falls, SD, but in 1965 obtained employment at Ellsworth AFB and moved to a permanent home at 222 Doolittle Street in Rapid City SD, where they remained until his death. © RoxAnna Foudray 2014
Milo G. Oleson
Services for Milo G. Oleson, 64, who died Wednesday in a local hospital, will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Behrens Mortuary in Mountain View Cemetery.
Oleson was born July 25, 1909 at Crisco, Iowa. He moved to Igloo in 1942 and worked in road construction before moving to Rapid City in 1961. He was a civil service employee at Ellsworth AFB the past 10 years.
Oleson married Sarah Martin Aug. 28, 1931 at Glenwood, Minn.
Survivors include his widow, Sarah, Rapid City; three sons, Leo, Rapid City; Dennis, Pierre and Kenneth, Charleston, S. C.; at stepson, Raymond Gilbertson, Rapid City; three daughters Mrs. Carl (Sylvia) Wynegar, Rapid City; Mrs. Emil (Joyce) Bilek, Clinton, Iowa, and Mrs. Warren (Verna) Tresler, Elvira, Iowa; a sister Mrs. Edna Cronn, Florence, Ore., and 22 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one son and one sister, and his parents.
Published by Behrens Mortuary from information obtained by the family, copyright to Sylvia Oleson for the information, however, the funeral director did a terrible job on this obituary and it has several mistakes, in the Rapid City Journal 23 May 1974, Rapid City SD
His middle name has been a mystery, his mother's maiden name was Gifford, but he always said it was George, in the Iowa Birth Records it shows the above name as listed.
His parents were very poor and lost their farm near Wessington SD and so they placed him with another farmer in the area when he was about 16 to work and make money.
By 18, he had run away from the farm work, and was boxing in the circus to earn a living, doing that for several years, when he happened to end up in Glenwood MN where he met Sarah Martin, who was divorced from her first husband.
He worked and traveled with several construction crews around South Dakota, including working on the airport runway at Sioux Falls, SD, but in 1965 obtained employment at Ellsworth AFB and moved to a permanent home at 222 Doolittle Street in Rapid City SD, where they remained until his death. © RoxAnna Foudray 2014
Milo G. Oleson
Services for Milo G. Oleson, 64, who died Wednesday in a local hospital, will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Behrens Mortuary in Mountain View Cemetery.
Oleson was born July 25, 1909 at Crisco, Iowa. He moved to Igloo in 1942 and worked in road construction before moving to Rapid City in 1961. He was a civil service employee at Ellsworth AFB the past 10 years.
Oleson married Sarah Martin Aug. 28, 1931 at Glenwood, Minn.
Survivors include his widow, Sarah, Rapid City; three sons, Leo, Rapid City; Dennis, Pierre and Kenneth, Charleston, S. C.; at stepson, Raymond Gilbertson, Rapid City; three daughters Mrs. Carl (Sylvia) Wynegar, Rapid City; Mrs. Emil (Joyce) Bilek, Clinton, Iowa, and Mrs. Warren (Verna) Tresler, Elvira, Iowa; a sister Mrs. Edna Cronn, Florence, Ore., and 22 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one son and one sister, and his parents.
Published by Behrens Mortuary from information obtained by the family, copyright to Sylvia Oleson for the information, however, the funeral director did a terrible job on this obituary and it has several mistakes, in the Rapid City Journal 23 May 1974, Rapid City SD
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Related.... His middle initial is incorrect it shows a C. but it is G. for Gifford, but he did not like it, so he always used the middle name George.
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