Olen

Edna LaVonne "Bonnie" Olen, 85, of Butler died at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday in the Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Born Nov. 18, 1924, in Butler, she was the daughter of the late James E. Dietrich and Dora A. Brown Dietrich.

Mrs. Olen was a 1941 graduate of Butler High School. She then attended the Butler Hospital School of Nursing, graduating in 1947 as a registered nurse. She worked at the Butler Memorial Hospital, retiring in 1986.

Mrs. Olen was a member of the Oak Hills Christian Church-Disciples of Christ of Butler.

Bonnie also enjoyed reading and scrapbooking.

Mrs. Olen is survived by one son, Michael J. Olen, and one daughter, Melanie J. Olen, both of Butler; one grandson, Michael R. Olen of Butler; one granddaughter, Lisa M. Olen of Mars; two sisters, Mrs. Delores Halahurich and Miss Donna Dietrich, both of Butler; and several nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Olen was preceded in death by one granddaughter and one sister.

<B>OLEN</B> — Friends of Edna LaVonne "Bonnie" Olen, who died Wednesday, March 24, 2010, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the <B>Thompson-Miller Funeral Home</B>, 124 E. North St., Butler. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home with Pastor Phillip Conyers Jr. of Oak Hills Christian Church-Disciples of Christ officiating. Interment will follow in the North Side Cemetery.Information and a private guest book are available at www.thompson-miller.com.