Barbara (Dart) Olson

Barb was born on October 21st to Ernest and Elna (Granholm) Dart in Escanaba. After Barb graduated from Concordia College she went on to study nursing and worked 40 plus years as an LPN.

In 2003, Barb retired and spent all of her free time socializing. Her free time was filled with music, church, bingo, puzzles, and spending time with family and friends.

Barb was predeceased by her parents Ernest and Elna Dart, husband Bob Olson, brothers Allen Flagstadt and Ernest Dart Jr., sisters Joan (Flagstadt) McCarthy and Marilyn (Dart) Rem, and her son Terry Russell.

She is survived by her remaining four children and their families, Tammy (Russell) Bonner (Kevin) with her two children: David Leth (Amber) and his two children, Alennah and William Leth and Shawn Cochran (Ari) and her two children, Jason and Jeremy McNatt; Lori Russell with her one Child Natalie Coppock; Becky Barfield with three children, Ashley Russell and her four children, Isaiah Betterly, Hailey Zimmer, Hannah Zimmer, Damien Zimmer; her son, Brandon Barfield and his four children, Serenity, Paisley, Avalon, and Rilynn, and her daughter, Nevaeh; Lenny Anderson (Tracy) with three children Jacob, Nicholas, Taylor; and Lynnea Jackson with her two children Tavaris and Diamond.

Services will be held at SDA Church, 210 S Lincoln Rd on Sunday, March 9 at 3:00 pm. The Skradski Family Funeral Homes are assisting the Olson family. To offer an online message of sympathy please visit www.skradskifuneralhomes.com