Spearfish,SD—Marian E. Olson Rimestad, age 94, died Saturday, July 2, 2005 at Lookout Memorial Hospital in Spearfish.
She was born February 21, 1911 on the family homestead near Lantry, South Dakota to Ole F. Olson and Myrtle Thomas Olson. She is the first recorded white child to be born in Dewey County. The family moved to North Dakota to farm and her father also worked as a carpenter. She received her education there and helped her parents on the farm and in raising her younger siblings. Marian was a homemaker in North Dakota for many years.

In the early 1960's she moved to Dupree to be near her family, and worked for the Deis Grocery store.
On November 28, 1962, she married Marcus Rimestad in Dupree, SD and the couple moved to farm near Finley, ND. She served as a Postal Clerk for many years as well as helping her husband on the farm.

Her husband, Marcus, passed away in 2001 and later that year, she moved back to Dupree where she resided until entering the Edgewood Center Assisted Living in Spearfish, SD. She enjoyed writing and receiving letters, was a member of American Legion Auxiliary, Ostervold Lutheran Church and its ladies organization near Finley, ND

She is survived by 3 sisters; Inga Birkeland and Vivian Thomas, both of Spearfish, Ruby Gray of Dupree. Also by one brother; Ole Olson of Manhattan, Montana and 4 generations of nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, 2 brothers, Vernon and Tommy Olson and one sister, Eleanor Weaver.

Services for Marian will be held Thursday, July 7, 2005, at the United Church of Christ in Dupree with visitation at 11:00 AM and funeral at 1:00 PM. Pastor Ellis Carr will officiate. Burial will be by her parents and grandparents at the Lantry Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to the United Church of Christ in Dupree.

Services are under the direction of the Faith Area Funeral Chapel, Faith and the Funeral Home of the Northern Hills in Belle Fourche. www.funeralhomesofcaring.com