Frank Olin and Veronica
Lieferman
Franklin Herbert Olin(59)b: April 16, 1885 Morrison Cty,
MN; d: May 28, 1959 in Brainerd, MN; married 1902 to Veronica C.
Lieferman b: 1883 who died young. They lived in Bovey, MN in 1905
and he worked in Hibbing at the time of his father's death. (1917)
Frank was the first to bring a load of lumber from Grand Rapids
to Bovey. A funny story about Frank was remembered by Rena Olin.
Frank did some plaster work and his first job was the ceiling.
The carpenter had lathed the ceiling and Frank came in later to
plaster it. Just as the owner was coming up the walk to look over
the job, the whole ceiling collapsed. Frank grabbed his tools
and ran out the back door! To be fair, Frank was well-known and
admired for his ability to run any heavy machinery put before
him. He helped run heavy equipment at the Panama Canal and also
helped construct the Hoover Dam. It was also said that he could
build a house from the ground up. During World War II, Frank enlisted
as a "CB" for the Army and Airforce. There he operated
heavy equipment and helped produce coal and worked on the airfields.
Frank is well-remembered for his infectious sense of humor, his
love of children, good work ethic and all around good attitude
about life in general. His grandson, Tom, remembered once when
Frank gave Tom and Jim, his grandsons, each a dart gun at Christmas.
Frank lay on the floor with a target on his head! Frank was also
a terrific dancer. Veronica died young and Frank married Vicky
Hagman(4982) who was much loved by the family. She had brought
her sons from a previous marriage-Robert, Leslie, and James Hagman.
Frank and Veronica had only one child, Merton.
Picture
below left.
Merton Franklin Olin (see left) b: September 29, 1903 in Grand Rapids, MN married Anne S. Roring and they had three children:
James Hubert Olin m: Cindy Thum. He d: December 20, 1962 in Philadelphia. James was a graduate of Grove City College in PA. He had a double degree (teaching and accounting) and taught school in San Francisco.
Thomas Franklin Olin b: April 24, 1928 in Mpls, MN, d: October 30, 1996 Battle Creek, MI. Tom was part-owner/Chief Executive Officer of Archway Cookies. Tom's life was full of awards and great accomplishments. He was an excellent orator too. - Lee Ann Olin
