Person:Eva Bade (1)

OLSON,BADE FAMILIES HAVE FIRST REUNION Members of the Albert Olson and John Bade families held their first reunion Saturday afternoon at Iverson Park, on the 80th birthday of Mrs. Eva E. Olson, the last surviving child of the John Bades. Those attending spent the afternoon visiting, taking pictures and reviewing family picture albums, and a potluck dinner was served for 94 people. Family members attended from Vancouver, B.C., Canada; Virginia, Pennsylvania, Oregon and Illinois, and from Milwaukee, Hales Corners, Weyauwega, Park Falls, Appleton, Ripon, Almond, Hancock, Wisconsin Rapids, Marshfield, Oshkosh, Wild Rose and Stevens Point. Alvin Olson of Wisconsin is the last surviving child of the Albert Olsons. SOURCE: STEVENS POINT JOURNAL, Stevens Point, Wisconsin; July 10, 1976.

EVA OLSON Eva Olson, 105, formerly of 2809 Church St. Died Tuesday, April 16, 2002, at River Pines Center, where she had been a resident since 1995. Funeral services will be held at 11 A.M. Thursday at S. Paul's United Methodist Church. The Rev. Graham West will officiate. Burial will take place in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Wild Rose. Friends may call from 4 to 8 P.M. Wednesday at Boston Funeral Home and from 10 A.M. until the time of services Thursday at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in her name to St. Paul's United Methodist Church to be used for a new Communion rail. Eva was born July 6, 1896, in Waushara County to the late John and Rozina (Franz) Bade. She attended schools there and was married on Dec. 6, 1916, to J. Hanford Olson at West Holden Lutheran Church, Wautoma. Their first home together was on a 120-acre farm in the town of Rose. With a large farm family of seven, Eva was unfortunately widowed after only 20 years of marriage. Leaving the farm, the hand pump, their workhorses, a single bottom plow, and their cattle, she moved to the town of Wild Rose a few years later to raise her family. In 1941, Eva moved to Stevens Point and except for six years of employment at St. Francis Hospital in Milwaukee, she has since been a resident of this city of wonderful water. From the 1800s to the 2000s, she has seen our County progress from horsepower to the first Model T Ford, from mud ruts to superhighways, from home-delivered and charge-account groceries to do-it-yourself and fast foods, from Orville and Wilbur Wright's dream to a landing on the moon and space walks. The old scrub board, hand wringers, the ice box and kerosene lamps are hopefully gone forever. Few people have been fortunate to view Halley's Comet twice! Eva was president of the local Townsend Organization and a member in Wild Rose during the 1930s. This was the forerunner of our present Social Security system. She also was on the original board that was the forerunner to the present Stevens Point Transit System, a longtime member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church and the Barbara Rebekah Lodge No. 9 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Survivors include two sons, Vilas Olson, Janesville; Phillip (Mona) Olson, Ripon; three daughters, Mavis (Edward) Kobishop. Stevens Point; Annavonda Holt, Milwaukee; Eleva (Hank) Hajduk, Hales Corners; 22 grandchildren, including Shirley (Randy) Brusewitz, Stevens Point; 25 great-grandchildren, and 26 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; two sons, Lavern and Marvin Olson; one grandson, Lauren Olson; and one great-granddaughter, Roxanne Buda. SOURCE: STEVENS POINT JOURNAL, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, April 17, 2002.

1. ↑ Social Security Death Index.

   Eva Olson - Birth: July 6, 1896; Death: April 15, 2002; SS #: 392-28-4402; Where Issued: Wisconsin; Death Location: Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin, 54481