Roy Benjamin Olson

Roy Benjamin Olson Born: March 21, 1930 to Eva Watson. Died: March 10, 2025 just eleven days shy of his 95th birthday. Roy was a Native Marinite, who was born in Cottage Hospital in San Rafael and raised in San Rafael. As a child he spent summers at the home of his grandparents (Watson) in Superior, Arizona. Roy attended San Rafael High School. He served in the Army during the Korean War and was stationed at Fort Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. Roy married Nancy Olson (Finn) and they made their home and raised their six children in San Anselmo. Roy worked several jobs over the years and sometimes had two to three jobs at one time in order to support his large family. He found his life long career at the Marin Municipal Water District and retired from there as the Supervisor for the Construction and Maintenance Division. Roy was also a Reserve Police Officer for the Ross Police Department. After retiring, Roy and his wife, Nancy, moved to Petaluma, California, where they enjoyed going to their grandchildren’s sporting events and entertaining friends and family. Through the wonders of Ancestry.com Roy found his natural father, Benjamin McGraw Daves. He also connected with family members on his father’s side and enjoyed getting to know them. Roy travelled to Payson, Arizona to meet his new found cousins. Both Roy and Nancy fell in love with the area and later decided to move there. After living in Arizona for over a decade they moved to Alto, New Mexico due to health reasons to be with family. After his wife passed in 2021, Roy moved to Pierce, Colorado, where he enjoyed spending time with his great-grandchildren, reading, making dreamcatchers and making wine cork birdhouses and other creations. Roy was pre-deceased by his wife, Nancy L. Olson and his second daughter, Kathleen Louise Olson(Fahl) and her daughter, Aubrey Fahl. Roy is survived by: Debby Olson(Mark Barrall) Margaret Olson Diane Olson (Randy Vice) Roy (Mick) Olson (Sabrina Olson Becker). Sabrina, was always introduced by Roy as his favorite daughter in law, but he considered her his 6th daughter in his heart) LeeAnne Olson (Tom Martin) Roy had 15 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, please donate to: Pathways Hospice in Fort Collins, Colorado: https://pathways-care.org

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Roy Benjamin Olson

March 21, 1930 - March 10, 2025