Helen J. Olson, 92, of Ottawa, passed away Tuesday morning December 5, 2017, at Ottawa Pavilion.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday December 9, 2017 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ottawa, with Rev. Nathan Feig, Pastor, and Rev. David Ufkes,officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday, December 8, at the Mueller Funeral Home in Ottawa.
Helen was born June 19, 1925 in Morris, IL. She was the daughter of Jasper and Lettie (Clauson) Jelm. She graduated from Seneca Township High School. Helen was employed as a secretary for A.M. Brown Insurance Agency, Seneca Shipyards, E.I. Dupont, and Ottawa Elementary Schools. On November 4, 1950, she married Frederick L. Olson at Stavanger Lutheran Church in Seneca, IL. Helen was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and a Sunday School teacher for many years. She was also a member of the Rebecca Rorem Circle and the Ottawa Woman’s Club. She was both a Camp Fire Girls Den Mother and a Cub Scouts Den Mother.
Helen is survived by her; one daughter, Pam (John) Hohertz of LaMoille; two sons, Keith (Judy) Olson of Bolingbrook, and Mark Olson of Ottawa; six grandchildren, Kristen (Steve) Schnackel, Brian Olson, Kevin Olson, Scott Olson, Lindsay Hohertz, and Jonathon Hohertz, one great-grandson, David Schnackel, and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Helen was preceded in death by her father and mother, Jasper and Lettie Jelm, her husband, Frederick L. Olson who passed away on January 14, 2013, one brother, Lloyd J. Jelm, her sister, Lois J. Steep, and a sister in infancy Pallbearers will be her grandchildren.
Memorials may be directed to the Trinity Lutheran Church of Ottawa, IL.
Helen has been laid to rest in the Garden of the Ten Commandments.