Olga M. Summerfelt Obituary (1911

Olga M. (Johnson) Summerfelt, 97, of Tacoma passed away on May 2 in Tacoma. She was born to Selma and Odin Olauson on Jan. 6, 1911 in Whitemen's Cove (Lake Bay), WA. She attended Vaughn High School with her two sisters Agnes and Signe, "The three sister's of Long Branch". Olga married Leonard Osterholm and had two children, Gloria Osterholm Chard of Seattle, and Richard D. Osterholm of Longview. Following the death of Leonard she then married Fredrick Johnson and moved to Hoodsport where they lived for many years. They had two daughters, Carol Johnson Heimbigner of Gig Harbor, and Mary Ellen Johnson Osterberg of Olympia. Much later in her life after Fredrick passed away, she then married Art Summerfelt and returned to Long Branch. She is preceded in death by her sister, Signe Corneliusen. Surviving are her sister, Agnes Olauson Olson of Poulsbo, 4 children, Gloria, Richard (Marge), Carol and Mary Ellen (Stan), 11 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. The grandchildren would love to spend their summer vacations with her on the canal and in Long Branch playing and making "mud pies". She was a life member of the Order of Eastern Star, and a devoted Mariner's baseball fan. As a house wife and mother her family always came first. She was very proud of her Norwegian heritage that kept her 97 years young. Olga, mother, and grandmother was a very generous and loving woman that will be dearly missed by all.