Obituary of Mary E. Olson

Mary Ellen Olson, 82, of 23 West Third Street, died Wednesday December 14, 2011, in WCA Hospital. She was born February 15, 1929 in East Liverpool, OH, a daughter of the late Willard and Helen Wheat Thomas, Jr. She was a 1947 graduate of Jamestown High School and had been employed by WCA Hospital for 20 years in the central services department. Her memberships include Vikings Lodge and the former Westminster Presbyterian Church and its choir. She was also a volunteer at the soup kitchen. She enjoyed traveling to warm sunny destinations and spending time at the beach. She especially loved her grandchildren, time spent at restaurants with "The Gang" and playing tennis and golf. Surviving are four children Robert (Sandi) Olson and Debbie (Mike) Soderberg, both of Jamestown, Sandy (Brian) Struble of Divide, CO and Kitty Olson of Boulder City NV; ten grandchildren Jennifer, Joshua and Jacob Olson, Christopher and Erin Neid, Ryan Soderberg and Jesse, Jeremiah, Mallory and Travis Struble, two great grandchildren Dylan Neid and Gavin Ford and a sister Virginia (Robert) Lind of Jamestown. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her former husband Daniel A. Olson and former fianc Marshall Johnson. A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Lind Funeral Home. Rev. Jon Meyer will officiate. Inurnment will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery. Friends will be received for one hour prior to the service Sunday in the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Chautauqua County Humane Society, 2825 Strunk Road, Jamestown, NY 14701 or St Susan Center, PO Box 1276, Jamestown, NY 14701. You may light a candle in remembrance of Mary at www.lindfuneralhome.com.