Service of Remembrance for Karoline Oleson, 79, of Reeder, ND will be Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Reeder. Rev. Stephanie Swanson will officiate. Burial will be at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis on Monday, January 30. Visitations will be from 1:00 to 6:00 at the Centennial Chapel of Evanson Jensen Funeral Homes (formerly the First Congregational Church) in Hettinger, ND. A family service will be at 6:00 p.m. Friday at the Centennial Chapel.
Karoline Eva Lang was born January 18, 1933 in Mainz, Germany to Andreas Lang & Wilhelmina (Sheid) Lang. Karoline met and married Owen A. Oleson in Baumholder, Germany. They had two children Owen and Barbara. She came to the U.S. for the 1st time in 1962. Karoline was confirmed at Mamre Lutheran church and later became a member of Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Reeder, ND.
Karoline worked as Red Cross volunteer in military clinics in Germany. She also was a volunteer in the Huntsville school system in Alabama where they lived until 1978. Carol and Owen then moved to Reeder, ND. Carol and Owen loved to travel and went back to Germany twice. Karoline loved being an Army wife and had many interests throughout her life. She liked to crochet, cross stitch, collect coins and Barbie's, and later became quite good with the computer. She kept up with a lot of friends and family on face book. She was lovingly known as Omi by all her grandchildren and great grandchildren who meant the world to her.
Karoline passed away on January 25, 2012 at the West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger, ND.
She is survived by her husband Owen, three children, son Owen and Pauline Oleson, Grand Junction, CO, daughters Barbara and Steve Verhulst, Ralph SD and Lesli Argo, Andersonville TN; six grandchildren Rachel (Verhulst)and Colin Ellis, Alicia Verhulst and fiancee Chad Porsch, Elizabeth Verhulst, Jenna, Danielle and Lucas Oleson; two great grandchildren Daniel and Allison Ellis; sister, Brigette & Alfred Hanson of San Antonio TX, four sisters and one brother in Germany; two sisters-in-law, Nan Nash, Deloris (Ken) Gann.
She was preceded in death by her parents, step mother, one sister and one brother, one sister-in-law, Ardis Packer and two brothers-in-law, Don Packer and James Nash.
