Warroad- Kathryn B. Olson passed away peacefully Tuesday at the age of 95. She was born June 16, 1925 in Warroad to Elmer and Janet Brandli. She was the ninth child of their 11 children. Her high school graduation in March 1942 was from the agricultural boarding school in Crookston. After high school she went to Moorhead State to receive a Bachelor's degree where she met the love of her life, Leonard Olson, whom she married on June 10, 1948 in Warroad after one year of teaching in Oslo.

The newlywed couple moved to Pequot Lakes for a year of teaching, then spent a year in Grand Forks, N.D....