WILSON-LITTLE FUNERAL HOME

PURCELL-NEWCASTLE, MCCLAIN CO, OK

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Mrs. Olson, age 91, of Wayne, passed away at the Purcell Municipal Hospital. 

Clare Aleva Boyd was the older of two daughters born to Irving Roger Boyd and Hetvig "Hattie" Bertha Scheuneman Boyd. Raised in Greene, IA, she attended school there and later attended Stephens Women’s College where she studied Aviation and earned her Bachelors of Business Degree. Clare married Russell Olson and to this union, 3 children, a son, Mike and daughters, Christie and Marcy were born.

Employed at the Federal Center in Denver for several years, she later bought, sold and traded horses, mules, saddles and tack. She also took great pride serving as an excellent waitress.
After living in the Sandhills of Nebraska for a time, she relocated to the Purcell/Wayne area in 1996. Instrumental in the advent of the AI horse breeding program at Colorado State University she provided mares for study. She was a founding member of The Rocky Mountain Long Ears Association, one the the first Mule Clubs. Also, she became a foundation breeder of the Australian Shepherd by helping to develop an excellent stock and family dog. One of her greatest pleasures was bartering at yard sales.

Preceded in death by her parents.

Her survivors include: her son, Mike Olson; Daughters, Christie Donahue and Marcy Blanton; her “Adopted Daughter” Susan Jenkins; sister, Charmayne Sneed; 5 grandchildren; Kevin, Cory and Amanda Yeager & Christopher and Ryan Olson, 3 great grandchildren and her beloved dog, “Joey”.

Funeral Services: 2:00 P.M. Monday, February 29, 2016, at the Wilson-Little Funeral Home Chapel, Purcell.