Connie Jean (Colbert) Olsen, a devoted follower of Jesus Christ, entered into the arms of her Lord on February 17, 2025. It was a gentle passing in her family’s home in Gig Harbor, Wash.
Connie was born near Haskell with the helpful hands of Beatrice Bruner as midwife. She was the third of eight children born to Jesse and Margaret Colbert on April 2, 1934. Connie became known to many as Corn, and she attended Twin Hills and Preston High School, where she learned to excel in grammar and basketball. She later coached women’s basketball here and there and worked many years as a house painter. Divorced from Otis Doyle, with her three kids she followed her sister Patsy and husband Jimmy Lewis, a house builder. Jimmy would build them and Patsy and Connie would paint them. They were almost vagabonds, following opportunity. They all wound up moving to Phoenix, Ariz. and then Oroville, Calif. This is where she met her second husband Allen Olsen who had been following work of his own while chipping away at college where he could. Connie had two more children with Allen, and they kept moving on by themselves, living in Idaho a couple of times, California more than once and Washington more than a few April 2, 1934 – February 17, 2025
times and even Montana. Along the way, she became a telephone operator and did this for many years. Connie also made time to start several home Bible groups as her walk with God kept strengthening. Always diligent in making sure her husband and kids had a good home mostly by teaching her kids to love the Lord and how to clean and master hard work. Mom was no push over and terrifying with a good tree switch. Connie loved yard sales, antiques and crossword puzzles and was the go to for spelling, essay writing and etiquette guidance. She was loved by her husband, her children and her children’s friends.
Connie is preceded by her parents, her son, Wesley Doyle, sisters; Shirley Hill, Kay Francis Bradley, Patsy Lewis, Judy Hall and brothers; Jesse, Jr. “Spike” and Jerome “Jerry.”
She is survived by her brother Charles Colbert, her husband of 59 years, Allen Olsen, daughters; Nancy Jukich, Julie Winn, sons; Dean Olsen and Jerome “Jerry” Olsen and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Friends and family will hold graveside services at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 3, at the Colbert Family Cemetery on Ferguson Road (0.7 miles east of N 310 Rd. The signed entrance is next door to 21595 Ferguson Rd. in Haskell. Please do not disturb the occupants, they are not related.) Be prepared- there are no facilities anywhere near the cemetery. A reception will follow nearby. For questions, reach the family at ConstanceOlsen09@ yahoo.com. No
solicitations please.
