| Summary: | CLIFTON BURTON OLSON — PATRICIA KENEALLY Clifton Burton was born November 14,1917, the fourth child of John A. and Oline Olson. Clifton was in the Navy for a number of years. He served in the South Pacific and North Atlantic aboard the Charles F. Hughes and USS Barton. He married Patricia Keneally of Boston, Massachusetts on August 2, 1944, while in the Navy. He is presently living in West Fargo, N.D. They have four children: Ann Marie, born December 11, 1946 and was married to Mark Carriveau, West Fargo on November 3, 1966. They have four children: Patricia, born December 20, 1967; Michelle Lee, born December 19, 1968; Penny Ann, born December 28, 1973; and William John, born January 3, 1978. Patricia Ann, born January 24, 1947 was married to Joseph LoPresti on June 23,1973. They have three children: Joshua, born 1976; Joseph, born 1978; and Jeffery, born 1979. Margaret Mildred, born March 16, 1948. She graduated from West Fargo High in 1966 and married James Schmidt of West Fargo on June 17, 1967. They have one child, John Michael, born April 7, 1968. Katherine, born December 26, 1957. Gary Olson family GARY OLSON — MARY DRONEUS BOISJOLIE Our family moved to Leonard in May of 1970. We bought the former Nystul home and have lived there since. We farmed near Sutton, North Dakota before moving to Leonard. Jeff was born at Cooperstown, North Dakota, August 16, 1962. He is a senior at Leonard High School. Blair was born May 20, 1965, also at Cooperstown. Jodell was born September 5, 1969, at Fargo, North Dakota. On October 20, 1978 Gary Olson and Mary Boisjolie were married in the Leonard Lutheran Church. Gary grew up in the Comstock, Minnesota area with his parents, the Henry Olsons. Later they moved to the Moorhead area. Gary has thirteen brothers and sisters. Mary is originally from Finley, North Dakota, and lived on a farm with her parents, the Melvin Droneuses. Gary works in Fargo for a construction company and Mary is employed by Elim Nursing Home in Fargo. HERMAN OLSON — MINNIE LARSON Herman Olson was born in Farsund, Norway in 1873. At the age of sixteen he followed his older brother to Sioux Rapids, Iowa. There they both worked, by saving their money they purchased tickets so the rest of the family could come to America. In 1903 Herman came to Richland County and bought the Gunderson farm, consisting of one and a quarter section. It was located four miles south and two miles east of Leonard, N.D. In 1909 he married Minnie Larson, she was born in 1888 in the same area. At a young age she began doing housework for the local residents including the Bukkin and Walberg families near Walcott, N.D. Later she served as an apprentice in an exclusive custom dressmaking shop in Chicago, Illinois. She became an accomplished seamstress. Herman helped with the construction of some of the homes in the area, especially the mason work in laying up chimneys. He also served as choir director in the Helendale Lutheran Church for a time. Minnie was appreciated by many of her neighbors for having assisted Dr. Huntley in home deliveries of their babies. Sometimes the snow storms would be so severe, the baby would come before the doctor. Herman and Minnie had four children. Ella, born in 1910 and Alma in 1911. Two children died in infancy. Clifford, born in 1914 and Hazel born in 1916. Ella and Alma both became nurses. Herman and Minnie built a four bedroom home in 1918. This burned in 1932 after which they built a smaller house on the same foundation which still stands. In 1943 they sold the farm to Howard Olson, and moved to Souix Rapids, Iowa, where they lived until Herman passed away all of a sudden of a heart attack, in 1946. Minnie remained in Sioux Rapids for a time and then moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, and later to California where she passed away in 1963. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Olson HOWARD AND EDRA OLSON Howard and Edra Olson own a farm south of Leonard. They have it rented out. Howard married Edra July 1, 1955. Howard was a widower and had two sons, Gary and Dennis. They have one more son, Howard, Jr. They lived in Leonard and Fargo. In 1966 they moved to Wimbledon, North Dakota, where Edra got a teaching job. Howard worked as a carpenter until he retired. Howard was a city councilman for four years, until he became mayor of Wimbleton. He served as mayor for four years also. 131 — Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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