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On warm days, my grandpa would take the bus to town and sit at the court house side , where his friends gathered to talk about whatever old men talk about. He had some steady friends there. One was Jack Kilpatrick, who he called "the black Irishman". Another, he called "The dirty Dane" He had a thick Swedish accent and his name for me was Kaden or what a pattern! For treats, he loved Milkey Way Candy Bars frozen. Sometimes he shared. He would cook some, too. His favorites were, corn bread , lutefisk and pickled pigs feet. He would make beer in our basement. Root beer, too. I remember him as tall, handsome, lots of white hair, parted down the middle, slim and he walked with a cane I remember that he and my Mom fought a lot and sometimes, he would get mad and run away from home. Sometimes , he went to the county home, I think to get away from my mom. I would go there to see them .. He would call me and ask me to bring him Carters little liver pills. He would always come back home. Excerpt Fort Dodge Messenger & Chronicle, April 22, 1958 Funeral Rites Thursday for C.A. Olson Funeral services for Charles A. Olson, 90, retired contractor who made his home at 228 M street, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 in the chapel of the Laufersweiler Funeral home. The Rev. L. Daniel Anderson, pastor of the First Covenant church will officiate. Burial will be in St. Olaf Lutheran cemetery. Mr. Olson, who died Monday morning at Lutheran hospital, had been ill only a short time. He was taken by ambulance to the hospital for medical treatment Sunday Morning. Born July 3, 1867, at Berga, Sweden, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Sven Olson. He came to the United States when he was 15, settling at Pocahontas, Iowa. He farmed for a time, later entering the carpentry and contracting business at Pocahontas. He was married in August of 1893 to Miss Ida M Adams, in Pocahontas. They lived in Pocahontas a year, moving to Fort Dodge in 1894. Mr. Olson retired from the contracting business here a number of years ago. Mrs Olson died in 1934. A son, William, killed in action during World War 1, an infant son and two infant daughters, his parents and several brothers and sisters also preceded him in death. Surviving him are four sons, Lloyd S. Olson of ILLMO, Mo., Arthur C. Olson of Van Nuys, Calif,; and one daughter, Mrs Lloyd Worrell, with whom he made his home, in Fort Dodge,.Eleven grandchildren, ten great grandchildren, two brothers, John Olson of Fort Dodge and Gust Olson of Little Falls, Minn. and a sister, living in Sweden, also survive. |
