Miriam Millicent OLSON

   Another name for Miriam was Miriam M. OLSON.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Obituary: from The Olson Chronicles, 2002. MIRIAM M. LEE
Miriam Millicent (Olson) Lee passed away June 15, 2002 in Spokane, WA. Miriam was born at Lake Chelan on July 2, 1926, daughter of Samuel and Ambjorg (Emma) Dahlgren Olson. She grew up on the Olson cattle ranch near Malo, WA, and graduated from Curlew High School as valedictorian at the age of 16. America was in the middle of World War II, and Miriam went to work at the Swan Island Shipyards in Portland, OR. Within a few months, she was the nation's youngest forewoman. Still 16 years of age, she was forewoman of two men's crews and several crews of women.

Following Swan Island, she entered the University of WA in 1944 to study journalism. Her education was interrupted by marriage to Dale Loucks, a high school sweetheart who returned from the war. Over the next few years, they lived in Great Falls, MT, Electric City, Winthrop, and finally Burien, WA. Two children were born, Stanley in 1946 and Christine in 1947. In Burien, a suburb of Seattle, Miriam founded Southgate Realty and grew it into a company with offices in 3 locations marketing both residential and commercial real estate. She retired from real estate in 1968. She married Charles Lee in 1967, and the couple lived on Camano Island for two years before moving to Scottsdale, AZ. Miriam then came out of retirement, going to work in the Trust Dept. of a Phoenix bank. Charlie passed away in 2001, and Miriam then moved to Spokane to be near her family.

Throughout her life, Miriam touched many people, but none so greatly as her family. Her immediate family was one of her greatest joys in life. She was very devoted to and proud of her daughter, Christine Dahlstrom of Liberty Lake WA, her son Stanley Loucks ( who preceded her in death in the year 2000), her grandchildren Sundriya, Nathan, Alex, Ryan, Abby, Ninette, and Chelsee, and her great grandchildren Caleb, and Naomi. Another great joy was her extended family of over 300 descendents of her grandparents Blixt and Kristina Olson who were immigrants from Sweden. Miriam was very proud of her Swedish heritage, doing extensive research as family historian on the Olson Family Tree, which dates back to 1521 in Dalarna, Sweden. She was the promoter of 3 family reunions attended by both Swedish-American and Swedish relatives.

Miriam is survived by, in addition to her daughter, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, her sister Anita Cook of Normandy Park, WA, and her brothers Joe Olson of Spokane, WA and Don Olson of Gig Harbor, WA.

Miriam was loved dearly and will be greatly missed by all who knew her.

Miriam married Living

Miriam next married Charles W. LEE on 23 Sep 1967 in King County, WA. (Charles W. LEE was born on 5 Apr 1917 in Clebourne, TX and died on 13 Feb 2001 in Scottsdale, Maricopa County, AZ.) The cause of his death was acute leukemia as a result of prostate cancer.

  Marriage Notes:

Seahurst, WA