Richard (Dick) Olsen

Richard (Dick) Olsen, 80, passed away to his beloved Lord and Savior in heaven, on Aug. 10, at home in Troy, Montana. 

Richard was born as a twin with brother Robert, on Feb. 2, 1944,  to Harry and Eleanor Olsen in Litchfield, MN.

Dick was raised and graduated high school in Columbia Heights, Minnesota. Then he served in the Navy for two years on the USS Yorktown CVS-10, where he excelled as the ship's photographer, including professionally capturing visiting Hollywood performers. He also enjoyed being a clarinet player in the Navy band as he had in high school. 

After the Navy, he returned to Minnesota where he worked briefly as an auto mechanic at Sears. Next, he enjoyed working again as a professional photographer until entering his long plumbing career in Minnesota. He succeeded greatly at that for 34 years until retirement. 

He always had multiple projects going also, whether for himself or his love of helping others. Dick's plumbing, mechanics, fixing and building things, and welding talents, from general to creative, excelled and surpassed amazement. 

After retiring in 2004, he and his wife, Janya, moved to the beautiful mountains of Montana. Sadly in 2007, he was diagnosed with a life-altering brain injury that drastically and progressively hindered his mind and mobility until his passing. But not even extreme disabilities slowed his tremendous tenacity and enjoyment to work incredibly hard, as he had from early childhood.