Donna Olsen

Donna Olsen, 83, of Iowa Falls, passed away after a long battle with lymphoma on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at the Hansen Family Hospital in Iowa Falls. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. on Friday, October 3, 2025, at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Iowa Falls with burial in Union Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. on Thursday at the Surls Funeral Home in Iowa Falls. Funeral arrangements are under the guidance of the Surls Funeral Home in Iowa Falls.

Donna was born in Arnolds Park, Iowa, on November 6, 1941. She attended elementary school in Arnolds Park and high school in Spirit Lake, Iowa, and graduated in 1959. After graduation she worked at the bank in Spirit Lake and attended Estherville Community College, now Iowa Lakes Community College, and graduated in 1961.

She met her husband to be, Lyman Olsen, at college and they were married on October 24, 1963, and moved to Iowa Falls, where Lyman joined the Chicago Rock Island Railroad and Donna started working at the Iowa Falls State Bank and stayed there for 38 years.

Donna was active in various local organizations including the Iowa Falls Chamber Mainstreet, treasurer of the Iowa Falls Cadet booster club, and she taught Sunday school at Immanuel Lutheran Church. In addition to being busy with her career and volunteering Donna enjoyed long walks for exercise, plants and flowers, and enjoying wine with her dear friend Colleen Maguire.

Donna is preceded in death by her mother Avis and her father Les, her brothers John, Ronnie, and Michael and her sister Eileen. She is survived by her husband Lyman from Iowa Falls and her son Kris and her daughter-in-law Dara from Waconia, Minnesota, and granddaughters Shaelie Olsen from Missoula, Montana and Richelle Olsen from Minneapolis.