Steven J. Olsen
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Steven J. Olsen, age 42 of Hartington, NE died on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD.

Funeral Services were held on Monday, August 29, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at the Wintz Funeral Home in Hartington with the Rev. Katherine Russell officiating. Burial of his ashes was at Paragon Cemetery in rural Hartington.

Honorary pallbearers were Steven's co-workers and friends at Dahlin's Drywall.

Steven John Olsen was born on January 30, 1969 in Yankton, SD to Franklin LaVaughn and Joan Arlene (Korff) Olsen. He grew up in Hartington and graduated from Hartington High School in 1987. He graduated from Northeast Community College in Norfolk in 1989. Steve worked for Dahlin's Drywall Company in Yankton since 1991.

Steven enjoyed his work for Dahlin's Drywall as a tradesman as well as spending time outdoors on the family farm. He loved his pets and music. Steve also enjoyed his Star Wars and coin collections, and was a loving uncle.

Steven is survived by his mother, Joan Olsen of Hartington, NE; two sisters and their spouses Suzanne and Brian Lane of Renton, WA; Vicky and Todd Lovell of Fairbanks, Alaska; niece and nephew Kendall & Rane Lovell of Fairbanks, Alaska.

He was preceded in death by his father Franklin Olsen on September 1, 2007.

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