Obituary of Niels Olesen

Niels F. Olesen, 82 died on Thursday, December 16, 2004. He was born in New York City and had lived in Whippany and Convent Station before moving to Warren in 1982. Mr. Olesen was a 1947 graduate of The Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He was a Mechanical Engineer for The Montgomery Engineering Company in West Caldwell for 40 years. He also served as a Staff Sargent in the Army Air Force during World War II, flying 35 missions. Mr. Olesen was active with Boy Scouts, the Little League and the Holy Name Society of Whippany. He is predeceased by two sons, Kevin Olesen and Michael Olesen. Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth Jane (Tighe) Olesen; his son, Niels Shawn Olesen and his wife Leslie of Seattle, WA; his daughters, Sheila Glass and her husband Steven of Spokane, WA and Kathleen Olesen of Warren. Funeral services will be held on Monday, December 20th at 8:45 a.m. at Higgins Home for Funerals, 752 Mountain Blvd. Watchung followed by a 9:30 a.m. Funeral Mass at Our Lady of the Mount Church, Warren. Interment will be at Holy Rood R. C. Cemetery, Morristown. Visitation will be on Sunday from 2-4 & 7-9 p.m.