Delmer "Del" Olsen

Del Olsen passed away on November 3, 2026, at the Heart of America Living Center in Rugby, ND where he had resided for the last few years of his life.

A memorial service will be 11:00AM, Friday, November 13, 2026, at Eastgate Funeral Service, 3117 E Century Ave, Bismarck.

Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck.

Del was born on the family farm near Lehr, ND in August of 1939. He graduated from Lehr High School in 1957. He continued his education at the State Teachers College in Ellendale, ND for one year before moving to Bismarck in 1958 where he attended Capital City Commercial College. Del first worked for Western Steel & Plumbing in Bismarck after college before he began his 39-year career with MDU in 1960. First as a meter reader then an engineering assistant and ultimately retiring from his position as District Manager in Devils Lake, ND in 1999.

Del married the love of his life, Margaret Oliger Olsen in May 1959. They raised four daughters together. Vicki (Rod) Ketterling of Wishek, Dawn (Bruce) Melland of Jamestown, Michelle (Steve) Schoneberg of Rugby, Stephanie (Corey) Olson of Grand Forks. He may have had all girls but but the boys came into the family in the form of eight grandsons. He also had several great grandchildren.

He enjoyed basketball and baseball in his youth. Fishing, hunting, old pro softball and bowling in his earlier adult years but lots and lots of golf in his later years and a few trips to the casino.

He was preceded in death by his parents Elmer and Lillian Olsen, brother Melvin Olsen, wife Margaret Olsen, daughter Vicki Ketterling and grandson David.