Gordon Olson, 98 passed away February 10, 2019 in Burien, Washington.
Gordon was born November 7, 1920 on his father’s homestead 25 miles south of Flaxville, Montana. In 1942 he joined the United States Army Air Force of Engineers where he built runways in Europe and Africa. After his honorable discharge, he returned and married Roberta in 1945. He went to work for the Great Northern Railway (now known as at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway) in 1947 as a telegraph operator and depot agent in Lambert and Forsyth, Montana. He also had a mechanics shop as a hobby and business. He retired from the railroad in 1981. Gordon remarried in 1992, moved to Glasgow, Montana, owned a ranch, and divorced in 2008. Nemont Manor was his home for ten years (2008-2018). He played pinochle, bingo, led exercise sessions, and took care of the fish tank.
Gordon was preceded in death by his wife Roberta, parents Nels and Alma Olson, sons Gordon Olson Jr., and baby boy Olson, brothers George and Kenneth Olson and sister Grace Olson.
He is survived by daughters Christine Mlinar, Carol Olson, and Cynthia Kromarek; brother Neal Olson; sister Nada Shanks; grandchildren Richard Mlinar, Jeffery Mlinar, Callista Frye, and Michael Kromarek; great- grandchildren Kalei and Cole Mlinar.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Nemont Manor or the Evangelical Church of Glasgow, Montana.