Alf T.H. Oleson

Mr. Oleson died Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004, at his home.

He was born Nov. 15, 1916, in Independence, Mo., the son of Arild and Eva Oleson. He grew up in Wichita and Belle Plain and graduated from Belle Plain High School. He graduated from Kansas University School of Pharmacy in 1940.

Mr. Oleson served in the U.S. Navy as a corpsman with the 72nd Seabees from 1942 to 1946. He owned, operated and worked at Oleson Pharmacy in Eudora from 1946 to 1970 and had also worked at the pharmacy in Tonganoxie. He was instrumental in securing a doctor and building Eudora’s first medical facility. He also founded Eudora Development, which paved the way for the Eudora Nursing Center. He was a member of St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Eudora.

He was a member of Kansas State Board of Pharmacy for 64 years, American Legion Post 14 in Lawrence for 59 years, and the Kansas Pharmacists Assn. He was a charter member of Eudora Lions Club, and served on the boards of directors of Kaw Valley Bank and Eudora Nursing Center.

He was a member of the Eudora school board for 19 years and served on the CPA committee and the Eudora zoning and planning board. He organized the Avenue of Flags in Eudora Cemetery and was Eudora’s Citizen of the Year in 1997.

He married Dorothea Ione Davidson on June 1, 1941. She survives, of the home.

Other survivors include a son, Trig, Eudora; a daughter, Vicki Downing, Henderson, Nev.; a brother, Bus, Arkansas City; two grandsons; and a great-granddaughter.

Quisenberry Funeral Home in Tonganoxie is in charge of arrangements.