Olaf Lloyd Omenson

Olaf Lloyd Omenson, age 93 went to be with the Lord on Monday January 16, 2017 at the Lutheran Sunset Home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, January 19, 2017 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church with Pastor Bill Metting officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial at Norse Cemetery.

Olaf was the fourth child of Oscar and Dora Omenson born August 28, 1923 in the Rock House at Norway Mills. He had three brothers and sisters, Evelyn Bakke, O'Belle Harris Polete, and Oscar Omenson Jr. all of whom proceeded him in death.

1st Lt. Olaf Omenson served in the Army Air Corps from December 1942 through December 1945 and was a P-51 fighter pilot in the Pacific theater. Upon being discharged, he returned to Bosque County where he continued to farm and attend Clifton Junior College.

In 1947 he married Nettie Louise Whitley, and in 1952 he began a career with the Monsanto Chemical Company in Texas City.

In 1981 he and Sara Reid Avara married, and in 1983 they retired and moved back to the farm in Bosque County. Sara proceeded Olaf in death in January of 2010.

He was a loving father and grandfather and is survived by three sons William Lloyd Omenson and wife, Milena; Oscar Elling Omenson and wife, Sherry; Olaf Lee Omenson and wife, Mary; six grandchildren, Olaf Lee II, Amy Christine, Anna Catherine, Audrey Ann, Lana Kay, and Oscar Elling II; and two great-grandchildren, Stella and Owen.

Condolences may be made at www.cliftonfh.com