Ralph Olsen
PANAMA — Ralph E. Olsen, 82, of Panama died Sunday, Feb. 6, 2000, at a Fort Smith hospital. He was owner of a brick mason contracting business in Chicago and was an Army veteran of World War II.
Funeral will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Evans & Miller Funeral Home Chapel of Memories of Poteau with burial at
Oakland Cemetery in Poteau.
He is survived by his wife, Justina Petshauer Olsen; one daughter, Gail Burkett of San Jose, Calif.; one son, Alan of Norridge, Ill.; one sister, Arline Myers of Springhill, Fla.; and four grandchildren, Paul and Denise Constantine and Eric and Sarena Olsen.