Martha Lee Harris Olson, 74, went to her heavenly home on Sept. 9, 2012.
She was born Jan. 21, 1938 at La Farge, Wis., to Byron Lee Harris and Virginia E. Strait.
She attended schools at Otter Creek and La Farge as well as Vernon County Teachers’ College, teaching one year at Mount Horeb, Wis.
In 1960 she married Willard “Bill” Olson, son of Ole and Mildred Olson and they made their home in East Troy. To this union were born three sons, Patrick, Dan and John.
She is survived by her three sons; daughters-in-law, Colleen (Kniep) and Celeste (Bisson); and four grandchildren, Bryce, Olivia, Monique and Madeline. Others who survive are her brother, Pat and his wife, Beanie Harris of Missoula, Mont.; sisters-in-law, Marjorie Harris of Beloit and Iris Olson of East Troy; half-sister, Birkie Pejko of Colorado; and Scott Harris of Kenosha, and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Those who predeceased her include her husband “Bill” in 1996, mother- and father-in-law Mildred and Ole Olson and brother-in-law, Robert Olson, her brother David Harris, grandmother, Alice Strait, father and mother Byron and Virginia Harris, stepfather Frank Brown and stepmother Marsha Harris.
She was a member of the Troy Center Methodist Church and the East Troy Area Historical Society where many happy hours were spent working with great friends on local history.
A Memorial Service will be held on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012 at 2:30 p.m. at the Troy Center Methodist Church, N8801 Briggs St., Troy Center (East Troy).
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the East Troy Area Historical Society, P.O. Box 722, East Troy, WI 53120 or the East Troy Food Pantry, P.O. Box 233, East Troy, WI 53120.
Clary Memorial Funeral Home, Richland Center, assisted the family.
