Helen Olive Olson (1900-1970)

Helen Olive Olson (1900-1970) Housewife (b. July 20, 1900, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA - d. October 1970, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA)

Birth
Helen was the daughter of Otto Olson (1857-1921), a barber born in Farsund, Norway and Hannah E. Hansen (1864-1936).

Siblings
Tille Olson (1885-1918) who married Norval Wintrone (1890-1918) and they both died along with a child in the influenza pandemic of 1918; Harry Oliver Olson (1887-1964) who served as a Lieutenant in World War I, married a French woman named Germaine X (1900-1920) who died after two years of marriage in San Francisco, and they had no children; Mabel Olson (1890-1971) who married Jesse Garrett Clay (1888-1976) and had one child and four grandchildren; and Norman Otto Olson (1895-1977) who married Isabelle Wickman (1901-1931) and had one child, then married Eva Folkert (1904-2000) from Germany and had three children.

First marriage
Helen married John Lozinski (1896-1980) in 1919 and they divorced around 1932.

Second marriage
Around 1960 she married Frank Kirpichoff (1891-1965).

Death
Helen died in 1970 of a heart attack, she had high blood pressure and diabetes.

Funeral notice
Her notice in the Chicago Tribune on Tuesday, October 20, 1970 reads as follows: Helen Kirpichoff, devoted wife of of the late Frank; loving mother of Dorothy [Edward] Herdzina and John [Connie] Lozinski; fond sister of Mabel [Jesse] Clay and Norman [Eva] Olson; loving grandmother of Wayne and Lyle. Services Tuesday, 1 p.m. at Malec and Sons Funeral Home, 6000 North Milwaukee Avenue. Interment Elmwood Park.