Relationship Record 1

Male/Husband}   Olson, Donald Keith (Don)		Family History} Olson
Female/Wife}    Miller, Frances Dorthea (Fran)		Relationship Type} Marriage
Marriage: Date} Exa   1 Oct  1944  M	Place} First Presbyterian Church, Alhambra, Los Angeles, Calif.
Ended: On Date} Exa   3 Mar 1996                      By} Death of husband		Source 1} 132 = Invitation Source 2} 1430=Marriage rec Source 3} 2084=Marriage rec Source 4} 1243=Newspaper Source 5}      2 = Interview Source 6} 2114=1950 USA cen Source 7} 326 = Phone book Source 8} 327 = Phone book Source 9} 328 = Phone book Source 10} 988 = City directy Source 11} 473 = Invitation Source 12} 450 = Invitation Source 13} 134 = Photograph Source 14} 161 = Photograph Source 15} 630 = Photograph & Source 16} 671 = Photograph Source 17} 673 = Photograph Source 18} 1332=Photograph Source 19} 1094=Cemetery rec
1st Household No.} 1 = Alhambra, Los Angeles, California
Photographs} Fran & Don in 1994
Last Updated         by} Karen Hancock Date Updated} 14 Nov 2024 Date Created}   1 Jan 1992
Notes:  Donald Keith Olson, 37, and Frances Dorthea Miller, 21, were married 1 Oct 1944 in the First Presbyterian Church, Alhambra, California.  All seven of their children were baptized in this church, and three of their children were married there.
Don and Fran had met about 1940 when both were choir members in the Church.  When Fran was attending Redlands University, Don would travel out to pick her up on the weekends, and bring her back to Alhambra.  As this was wartime, he always coasted down Kellogg's Hill to save gas. Their wedding was attended by 300 guests.  Rev. Milton S. Weber, pastor of the church, and Rev. James Nelson of Garvalia Community Church, performed the candlelight ceremony.  Fran's attendants were Viola Latimer, maid of honor, and bridesmaids Elizabeth Foree, Betty Jane Miller (Fran's cousin from New Jersey), Madge Neill Weber, and Mrs. Frank Richards.  Ruth Miller was the flower girl.  Don's best man was John Stewart, the organist and choir director.  His ushers were Glen Gordon, Wilfred B. Miller, Robert A. Miller, and Frank Richards.  A reception was held at the church.  The couple spent their month-long honeymoon at the Olson family cabin in Mt. Baldy, California. Don and Fran's first home was at 1025 Edith Avenue, Alhambra.  In Aug 1947, the house had become too small with their two daughters, Karen and Kristin, so they moved to 420 N. Second Street, Alhambra, Don's family home.  Here they had five more children  —  Peter, Eric, Candace, David and James. In the 1950 U.S. census, Donald K. Olson, 43, and Frances D., 26, were living in the family home in Alhambra.  Don was the proprietor of his "door factory".  Their children were Karen L., 4, Kristin E., 3, Peter H., 1, and Eric R., 3 months. Family vacations were spent camping in Yosemite Nation Park, Morro Bay State Park and others.  The children all attended Garfield Elementary School and Alhambra High School. In October 1969, Don and Fran celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary with a reception held in the Fireside Room of the Alhambra First Presbyterian Church.  In 1980, Don and Fran moved to the retirement home they had built in Mt. Baldy, California.  They celebrated their 40th Wedding Anniversary on 30 Sep 30 1984, with a reception at Karen's condo in Culver City.  And finally, they celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary on 1 Oct 1994, with a party at David's home in Arcadia. Don died 3 Mar 1996 in Alhambra, California.  Fran died 6 Jan 2013 in Pomona, California.  Both are buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, California.  When Fran died, she was survived by 7 children, 16 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.
Children:	Total # of Children} 7	Seq. # of Primary} 1
1st Child} Olson, Karen Louise     2nd Child} Olson, Kristin Elisabeth     3rd Child} Olson, Peter Henry (Pete)   1948 - 2014   4th Child} Olson, Eric Richard     5th Child} Olson, Candace Margaret (Kandi)     6th Child} Olson, David Keith     7th Child} Olson, James Russell
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