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*Arnold Olson ’49

Arnold-Olson---1949*Arnold Olson, age 86, of Winter Haven, Fla., died of heart failure, March 10, 2014. Born in Little Falls, Minn., on Nov. 19, 1927, he came to Winter Haven from Minnesota in 1981. He was a teacher for Mounds View School District. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War, and a member of the American Legion Post #8 in Winter Haven. He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Winter Haven.

Arnold was preceded in death by a daughter, Kay Olson, in 1959. He is survived by his wife, Janet Olson; son, John Olson ’93; daughters, Susan Horne, Karen Wolfington, Sandra Counts, and Cindy Tonjes; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.