OBITUARY NAME: WILLARD WAYNE OLSEN, AGE 87, A LIFETIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: HE WAS BORN ON JULY 4, 1922, TO THOMAS AND SARAH (LINDSEY) OLSEN IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK. PASSED AWAY: WILLARD PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 14, 2009 IN DENISON, TX. AGE 87 YEARS 1 MONTHS AND 10 DAY SERVICE: WILLARD SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING WORLD WAR II IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORPS. HE WAS STATIONED FOR 3 1/2 YEARS IN ENGLAND, FRANCE AND GERMANY. DURING WORLD WAR II. MARRIED TO: WILLARD MARRIED MARIAN FAYE BROWN ON OCTOBER 31, 1948 AT RENO, NV. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A RANCHER AND A PATRIOTIC CHRISTIAN MAN WHO SERVED HIS COMMUNITY AS DIST. #2 COUNTY COMMIISSIONER FOR 14 YEARS. WILLARD ALSO WORKED FOR THE CHOCTAW NATION FOR YEARS ALONG WITH OTHER JOBS HE HELD.. CHURCH AFFILIATION, HOBBIES, AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS: WILLARD WAS A LONGTIME ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE BLACK JACK BAPTIST CHURCH , A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, VETERAN'S OF FORIEGN WARS AND THE DISABLE AMERICAN VETERAN'S . HE WAS ALSO PROUD OF HIS INDIAN HERITAGE AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHOCTAW NATION . SURVIVED BY WIFE: MARIAN FAYE OLSEN OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTER: PAULA OLSEN OF ATOKA OK, JOYE REEDER AND HUSBAND LYNN OF MCCONNELLSBURG, PA. SARA BETH LOKE AND HUSBAND JOHN OF GILBERT, AZ. BRENDA OLSEN OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER: DORA LEE BARNETT OF ODESSA, TX. BROTHER: TOMMY OLSEN AND WIFE DEE OF CLAYTON, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: CHAD DOWNARD AND WIFE MARTINA OF AUGUSTA, GA. PAM LAKE AND HUSBAND BRIAN OF NEEDMORE, PA. JESSICA PINDELL OF BOSTON, MA. JENNIFER BENADUM OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. HEATHER ADUDDELL AND HUSBAND, RUSSELL OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: JORDAN, MOLLY, REAGAN, MELANIE, LOCHLAN AND ISLA ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AUNTS AND UNCLES AND OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: THOMAS AND SARAH OLSEN BROTHER: ARVEL OLSEN AND CECIL OLSEN SISTER: FREDA BUSBY ************************************************************************************************************ DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2:00PM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S CHAPEL PLACE OF INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY, LANE OK. OFFICIATING: BRO. GENE SLUDER ASSISTING: BRO. SHANE HAMILTON AND ARVEL HALL CASKETBEARERS: CHAD DOWNARD, LYNN REEDER, JOHN LOKE, LARRY OLSEN, JOHN HAMILTON, BILL KELLEY HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: VETERAN'S HONOR GUARD