Dorothy May Olson
February 14, 1934 - December 31, 2023
Obituary
Dorothy May (née: Strehlou) Olson entered into eternal life on Sunday, December 31, 2023, at St. Ann’s Hospital in Burien, WA.
She was born on February 14, 1934 to the late Laverne and Bertha Strehlou. Dorothy was married to Roger Olson for 63 years before he preceded her in death on July 19, 2018. Dorothy grew up in a one bedroom log cabin in Glenwood, Idaho, but during her marriage to Roger, who served in the Air Force, she went on to live in eleven other cities during her lifetime. Dorothy was a graduate of Lewiston High School and attended St. Francis Catholic Church in Burien, WA in her later years. Faith in the Lord, family, her kids, and her grandkids, were of the utmost importance to Dorothy in her life. Dorothy enjoyed painting pictures, reading, going to the theatre, playing pinochle, doing crossword puzzles, watching sports and traveling. She said her favorite vacation from her life was probably when she and Roger went to Germany. They rented a Mercedes and stayed in small towns with no previous reservations.
Dorothy is survived by her children, Dr. Randy (Debra) Olson of Burien, Lorri (OC) Miller of La Quinta, CA, Lisa Olson of Kent, sister Nikki (Mike) Riddle of New Meadows, ID,; seven grandchildren, Angela (Jordan) Larsen of Denton, TX, Kaitlyn (Matthew) Helton of Auburn, Stephanie (Kyrre) Flege of Olympia, Rena Leago of Kent, Alex Miller of Seattle, Chase Miller of Minneapolis, MN, Kyle Brown of Kent,; eight great-grandchildren; Luke Larsen, Chloe Larsen, Carolina Helton, Camden Helton, Meta Flege, Rikka Flege, Rheo Flege, Vera Flege. She is also further survived by many other loving nieces and nephews, relatives and friends.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her brothers, Gene and Jerry Strehlou.
Dorothy will be laid to rest with her husband at the Tahoma National Cemetery located at 18600 S.E. 240th St. Kent, WA. on Monday January 8th at 12:30pm. Following the service, a reception will be held at the Solstice Senior Living facility at 17623 1st Ave. South, Normandy Park, WA.
Dorothy was always a good resident and neighbor at our retirement home during the approximately seven years she lived here. She will be missed by all of us.
I might add that Dorothy was interested in several activities offered at our retirement home such as pool, beanbag baseball and especially a game called wii bowling which she often played with several other enthusiastic fans. I tried my hand at wii bowling a few times myself.