Olive Leland

Olive Leland age 93 of Alexandria, MN, passed away on Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at Prairie Senior Cottages.  A funeral service will take place on Monday, October 23, 2017 at 2:00 PM at First Lutheran Church in Alexandria. Visitation will take place two hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will take place at Kinkead Cemetery immediately after the service. Arrangements are with the Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria, MN, www.andersonfuneral.net

Olive Hanson Leland, age ninety-three, passed away on October 17, 2017 at Prairie Senior Cottages of Alexandria, MN, from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Olive was born on September 14, 1924 near Peterson, MN in Fillmore County. She was the third child of Oscar B. and Gena (Dale) Hanson. She was baptized and confirmed at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Peterson. She attended school there and graduated from Peterson High School in 1942. She then went on to attend secretarial school in Winona, and worked in Minneapolis for a time. While working in Lacrosse, Wisconsin, she met her husband to be, Donald Leland, who was stationed at Camp McCoy, WI. Olive and Don were married on September 15, 1946 in Peterson, MN and recently celebrated their seventy-first anniversary.

The couple lived in St. Charles and Albert Lea, MN. Don worked for Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. until retiring in 1983. Olive worked for Morris Furniture, National Co-op and Edwards Manufacturing Company until retiring in 1983. They then moved to Alexandria and became members of First Lutheran Church. Olive served on the church council for three years. She was president of the Ladies Aid and a member of WELCA. She also helped in the church by counting the offering and volunteered at the Douglas County Hospital. She also worked at the Scandinavian Shoppe.

Olive and Don enjoyed traveling, including trips to Norway, Europe, Hawaii and all over the United States. She also loved to play bridge, any kind of cards, and golf.

She is survived by her husband, Don; daughter, Barbara (Allen) Rasmussen; son, Bruce (Jan) Leland; grandchildren, Quinn (Amber), Anne and Jordan Rasmussen; Molly (Clarke) Comer and Maggie Leland; great grandchildren, Reagan and Cooper Rasmussen; brother, Eugene (Bernice) Hanson; sister-in-laws, Luanne Hanson, Joyce Bengston and Lois Wallstrom; many nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents; infant son, Steven; infant granddaughter, Rachel Rasmussen; three sisters, Clarice Highum, Betty Rasmussen and Irene Hanson; brother, Ordell Gary Hanson; four brother-in-laws and one sister-in-law.

In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to the First Lutheran Church Building Fund, 822 Douglas St, Alexandria, MN 56308.