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Betty Olson turned 100 April 6. photos Gordon
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Thursday, April 14, Shelton-Mason Journal Page A—7
F’It’s been a life’
By Gordon Weeks
gordon@masoncounty.com
etty Olson is living proof
that longevity resides in
the genes.
The Shelton woman’s mother
reached the age of 100 years and
three months. Two of Olson’s '
sisters lived until they were 100
years, seven months.
2 Olson passed the century mile-
stone April 6. Friends and family
joined her for a celebration at Al-
pine Way Continuing Care Com-
munity in Shelton, where she
has lived since 2017.
“It’s been a wonderful life,”
she said on April 5, the day be-
fore her birthday. “I’ve been
blessed’with friends and family.
Life is good.”
Olson was born April 6,
in Waterville, near Wenatchee
and grew up on her family’s
wheat farm. She is the youngest
of six children. Olson hiked, rode
horses and played 'soccer at Wa-
terville High School, where she
graduated in 1940.
Olson married at age 17, and
the couple had two sons. They
moved to Portland during World
War II, where Olson worked as a
“Rosie the Riveter,” building pon-
toons at the Portland Shipyards.
In 1945, the family moved to
Shelton, where Olson’s husband
worked for Rayonier.
“I loved it,” she said. “You
knew everyone on the street. Ev-
erything has changed except one
thing: the old Log Cabin Tavern.”
Olson attended cosmetology
school in Olympia, and then
began a 45—year career in hair
styling. She and her second hus-
band opened Olson’s Barber and
Beauty Shop on Olympic High-
way South, Where he was the
barber. They worked together for
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34 years.
After he died, Olson married
Orvel Anderson in 1992. The
couple moved to Alpine Way in
2017, where Anderson died two
years later.
“I have loved [every one of the
workers,” she said. “They are
like family. I have been blessed
to have them in my life.” Good
friends often come tovisit.
Olson offers two pieces of ad-
vice gleaned from her century of
life:
“Work hard and play hard.” V
“Don’t be afraid to share your .
loves.”
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