Olga Eline Skaret

  Research Notes:

1. Death - funeral brochure, 9 Sep 1993 --- -- Note: I was at the funeral - pallbearer (and also at Dick's funeral, 1978) [ note, Olga and Dick were my god-parents ]

- gives dates of birth, death, burial
- baptized and confirmed at Scandia; went to Trondson School
- married 1935
- farmed - Dick worked in town and so much of the farm work was done be Olga
- moved to Camrose in 1954 [ they lived on 51 Ave and likely between 54 and 56 street - my Grandma Jonas, my mom's mother, lived across the street ]
- she worked in the kitchen at CLBI (Canadian Bible Institute), CLC (Camrose Lutheran College) and Bethany Home
- Dick passed away in 1978
- survived by her son Roger (Beverly) of Vermillion and their family Shauanna (Gary) Yaremchuk of Sherwood Park, Ronald (Lori) of Fort St John, and Jay B of Vermillion; Cheryl (Larry) Olson of High Prairie and their family Selina (Bob) Read of Ohaton, Suzette (Mark) Norton of Tolfied, Scott of Whitecourt; eight great-grandchildren Brett, Logan, Brendon, Jessica, Amanda, Aaron, Erika and Samantha; one brother, Raymond (Olga) Skaret and one sister-in-law, Ruth Skaret
- preceased by her husband Dick in 1978; her parents Ole and Kristina; sisters Avey Grue, Mary Throndson, Ragnhild Ostrem; brothers Arthur, Arthur Ole, William, Helmer, Richard, and Richard Palmer


2. Obit - Camrose Canadian, 8 Sep 1993, page B16, Col 1

- born 17 Oct 1908 in Camrose; died 6 Sep 1993 at age 84
- survived by: Robert [ Roger ] and Beverly Erickson of Vermilion ...... ; Cheryl (Larry) Olson of High Prairie, AB ......
- predeceased by parents Ole and Kristina ..... (as above)




3. Footsteps along the Stony - p 171-172 -- likely submitted by Olga, but this isn't confirmed

- moved to Camrose in 1952
- about 1937, Dick started working with Bradley's Sheet Metal in Camrose
- Roger Byrce born 19 May 1937
- Cheryl Jocolyn born 13 Oct 1941
- Cherrie's name is noted as Cheryl Jocolyn and her marriage to Larry Olson from Ohaton is noted as 10 Jan 1959 - this is likely more accurate than the Grambo book


4. Ancestry.com Public Member Tree; McKinnon Family Tree --- has the wrong 'Olga Erickson' and thus Skaret, saying she lived in MN in 1930 US Census and died with a US SDDI card/index
( http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/15299945/person/18461487175 )
- I sent an email through ancestry.com to the owner of the this tree requesting corrections. But as of Jun 2016 no reponse and the information is still incorrect. I made a "comment" on Olga's page regarding this.




5. From "Grin and Skaret"
- marriage photo - trees in the background
- married at home (Ole and Kristina)

- Roger: his dad had kept a diary, but each entry was 1 or 2 words - When Roger was born, "....Olga had a baby boy ... I cleaned the barn"
- Cherrie was adopted - her father had died in the war, and her mother died a bit later of consumption; her mother requested Dick and Olga and so they adopted her

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Burial: Camrose Cemetery, Camrose, Alberta, Canada.

Olga married Richard Floyd Erickson on 24 Jul 1935 in Armena, Alberta, Canada. (Richard Floyd Erickson was born on 18 Mar 1902 in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada,²⁶²⁰ died on 5 Oct 1978 in Camrose, Alberta, Canada ^2620,2622 and was buried in Camrose Cemetery, Camrose, Alberta, Canada.)