Iona Fern Olsen

Iona Fern Olsen, age 91, of Ottawa, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, September 12, 2019, at Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas.

Fern was born on October 25, 1927, in Wright, Kansas, the fifth of ten children born to Jim and Elizabeth “Lizzie” (Camp) Reekie. She graduated from Williamsburg High School.

She was united in marriage to Russell Thomas Walker on September 25, 1948. They were blessed with five daughters. Fern later married Leo W. Olsen in 1966.

Fern worked for the Arapahoe County Assessor’s Office as a clerk for 30 years. Fern took great pride in her Catholic faith. She enjoyed anything that brought her family together, especially birthdays, holidays and reunions. She loved music, dancing, word search, and jigsaw puzzles, potlucks with her Sunflower family, phone calls from her sons-in-law, giving lipstick kisses to all of the guys in the family, young to old; but most of all, she loved playing Farkel.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Jim and Lizzie Reekie; sisters, Ruby Hamilton, Thelma Hamilton, and Roberta Knight; brothers, Wilbur, William, Harold, Jimmy, and Larry Reekie; daughter, Linda Blochlinger; and grandson, Jason Powell.

Fern is survived by her daughters, Pamela Bunch and husband Jim of Nixa, Missouri; Sandra Miller and husband Michael of Jarrell, Texas; Karen Powell and husband Randy of Sedalia, Colorado; and Ann Carrera of Englewood, Colorado; sister, Carol and her husband Reed Richardson of Garnett, Kansas; eleven grandchildren, Derek and Kevin Bunch; Stacy, Daniel and Jeremy Blochlinger; Tom, Ben and Joe Miller; Kristy Plenter; Dustin and Katie Carrera; and fourteen great grandchildren; many nieces and nephews; and an abundance of friends.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM on Thursday, September 19, 2019, at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel in Garnett, Kansas. Burial will follow in the Richmond Cemetery in Richmond, Kansas. Family will greet friends from 9:30 AM until the service time on Thursday morning. Memorial contributions may be made to Richmond Care Center and left in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.feuerbornfuneral.com