Olene Louise Bigelow

The service, for Olene, will be live-streamed at the following link: Memorial Service for Olene L. Bigelow

Olene Bigelow, 81, passed away on April 10, 2025, in Minneapolis, MN.

Olene is survived by her daughters, Stacie Darke, PhD and Jill Bigelow Rossing (David Rossing) and her brothers and sisters. Olene is preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Lawrence Bigelow, her father Olger Hanson, her mother, Margaret Hanson (Gange), her brother Orland Hanson, her sister Arliss Hanson and her nephew Matthew Behlke.

The service for Olene Bigelow will be held on Friday, May 9th, 2025 at 1:00pm, at Westwood Lutheran Church in St. Louis Park, MN. There will be a cake and coffee reception immediately following the service.

Olene was buried at Lakewood Cemetery, next to her husband, Larry, Minneapolis, MN, on Tuesday, April 15th, 2025.

Memorial donations can be made in Olene's name to: Feline Rescue, Inc., Attn: Donations, 593 Fairview Ave. N., St. Paul, MN, 55104

Olene cherished getting together with family, music, holidays, and she was a voracious reader. Her cats, Tulip and Rose, were her constant companions and she loved them with her whole open heart. Olene also loved her career and the hundreds (or maybe thousands) of people she educated and worked with over many years in the masonry and architecture industries.

She received an award "for a lifetime of support to the architectural profession through the education in masonry design." In 2011.