Zoe Lena OLSEN

1894 - 1964  (69 years)

• Name	Zoe Lena OLSEN
  Birth	8 Nov 1894	South Dakota
  	Many sources say 1895.
  Gender	Female
  Death	1 Jan 1964	Anoka County, Minnesota
  Notes	In the 1930 census, she and her husband and daughter live in St. Paul in a house they own worth $5500. Gordon is a traveling salesman. In the 1940 census, she and her husband and daughter live in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in a rented house. Gordon is a wholesale feed salesman. Five years earlier the family lived in St. Paul. Gordon has has one year of college, Zoe is a high school graduate. She and Gordon lived at 3043 Thirteenth Avenue S. in Minneapolis at the time they announced the engagement of their daughter to Bernard George Black in May of 1946. In the 1950 census, she was the widow Zoe Fossum living at 3043 13th Avenue in south Minneapolis. Her widowed mother, the 81 year-old Mary Olson, was living with her. She lived at 6870 7th St. NE, in Fridley, Minnesota, at the time of her death. Her daughter was Mrs. Bernard G. Black of Fridley, who had 5 children. Her sister was Mrs. H. P. Miller of Minneapolis. Her obit said that she had been a resident of Minneapolis for 50 years and was a graduate of South High. An article in the Minneapolis Tribune, 31 Jul 1966, notes: “A modest collection of daylilies has been started in the {University of Minnesota} arboretum as a memorial to Zoe L. Fossum.
  Person ID	I31620	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Erick OLSON,   b. 15 Jul 1864, Winneshiek County, Iowa d. 30 Nov 1941, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Mary Ellen BEEBE,   b. 5 Jul 1868, Minnesota d. 28 Jun 1961, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	1888
  Family ID	F21697	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gordon Marion FOSSUM,   b. 1896, Minnesota d. 8 Feb 1950, Minnesota (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	17 Mar 1920	Hennepin County, Minnesota
  Children	1. Mary Ellen FOSSUM,   b. 26 Aug 1925, Hennepin County, Minnesota d. 30 May 2017, Florida (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F21880	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2020