Amanda Anna Clara (Schroeder) Olson, age 92, passed away peacefully Friday, July 14, 2017, at Caledonia Care and Rehab.
Amanda was born January 10, 1925, to Gustav and Mathilde (Kruse) Schroeder at her parents’ home farm near Eitzen. Amanda went to school at Winnebago Valley through the eighth grade. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion Evangelical Church in Eitzen, Minn. She married John Olson on May 4, 1947, at Zion Evangelical Church. They had four wonderful children. They owned Frankie’s, previously known as Olson’s, in Caledonia, and Olson’s Café in Mabel, Minn. She had multiple jobs involving cooking, which was her passion.
She enjoyed playing cards and visiting with people in the community, drinking with friends at bars around the area, specifically the Mabel Legion. Amanda was known for her cooking, especially her banana bread and oatmeal raisin cookies. To her grandkids there was an unlimited supply of pizza, hamburgers, pop, candy, and quarters for video games. She was a member of the Mabel First Lutheran Church, and the Mabel Legion and VFW Auxiliaries.
Amanda is survived by two daughters, Doris (Ardell) Peterson and Viette (Roger) Peterson, both of Spring Grove; grandchildren Mike Peterson of Queen Creek, Ariz., Wayne (Alissa) Peterson of Caledonia, Teresa (Steve) Colsch of Caledonia, adopted granddaughter Loretta (Mike) Ziegler of Rockland, Wisc.; step-grandsons Jaimie (Shauna) Hanson, Rick (Penny) Hanson, and Scott (Cindy) Hanson, seventeen great-grandchildren, five great great-grandchildren, sister-in-law Helen Schroeder, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband John, two sons, Darrell and Vernon Olson; step-grandson Donnie Hanson, great-grandson Dylan Peterson, two brothers, and three sisters.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 19, 2017, at the Mabel First Lutheran Church in Mabel, with Rev. Elliott Malm officiating. Burial will be in the Mabel Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be 4–7 p.m. Tuesday, July 18 at the Mengis Funeral Home and one hour prior to services at the church.