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Gene Olson

November 12, 2028 — January 6, 2012

A memorial service for Gene Olson will be held Tuesday January 10th at 11:00 AM at Zumbro Lutheran Church in Rochester. The Reverend Shelley Cunningham will officiate. Ennichement of the urn in the church columbarium will follow the service. Mr. Olson, 83, of Rochester, died Friday January 6, 2012 at Madonna Towers.

Eugene Clinton Olson was born November 12, 1928 in Minneapolis, the son of Harry and Myrtle Olson. Raised in Minneapolis, he was a graduate of Minnehaha Academy in 1947. He then enlisted in the Navy Reserves, and attended Dunwoody Institute. On August 11, 1950 he married Phyllis Ostlund in Minneapolis. Mr. Olson owned and operated a TV and electronics store in Howard Lake. He then worked in service and sales for Magnavox for a number of years. He continued in sales in various capacities, and he and his wife moved to Rochester. Following retirement, he drove a school bus for the Oronoco route of the Rochester public schools. With his wife, he operated a crafts business, traveling and working craft shows until 1998.

He was a member of Zumbro Lutheran Church.
He is survived by his wife, Phyllis Olson of Rochester; two sons, Gene (Christine) Olson of Delafield, Wisconsin, and Gerry Olson of Rosemount, Minnesota; four grandchildren, Jessica (Jeremy) Runte, Samantha Olson, Cassandra Olson, and Devin Olson; three great-grandchildren, Joseph, Julia, and Joshua Runte; a sister, Harriet (Richard) Anderson of Cambridge, Minnesota; a brother, Sanford Olson, also of Cambridge; and a sister-in-law, Barbara Manning of Hastings, Minnesota.
He is preceded in death by a brother, Howard Olson.
Visitation will be held Monday from 4:00 to 7:00 PM at Mahn Family Funeral Home, Rochester Chapel. The family will continue to receive friends at the church, one hour prior to the service on Tuesday; however there will be no reviewal at that time.
If so desired, memorials may be given to a charity of the donor's choosing in Gene's name.
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