Rodney Wayne Olson, 50, of Altoona, Iowa, died July 3, 2007. Funeral Services were held Saturday, July 7, at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, with Reverend Dean Hess of Zion Lutheran Church, Clear Lake officiating. Visitation was held Friday, July 6 at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel. Interment will be at Madison Township Cemetery, Forest City, Iowa. Memorials may be made to the Rodney Olson Memorial Fund.

Rodney was born July 14, 1956, to Carl and Dollis (Babcock) Olson in Forest City. He graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1974, and from North Iowa Area Community College in 1976.
On Sept. 5, 1981, Rodney married Sandra Ouderkirk at the United Methodist Church in Atlantic, Iowa. The couple settled in Iowa City, Iowa, where they were blessed with two children, Jason Christopher, 21 and Laura LeAnn, 15. The family moved to Knoxville, Iowa, in 1994 and then to Altoona in 2004. Rodney worked as a Pharmacy Technician in Des Moines prior to his early retirement in 2003, due to health reasons.

Rodney enjoyed spending time with his family quietly at home and enjoyed his hobbies of chess, coin collecting, and tropical fish.

Rodney is survived by his wife of 25 years, Sandra Olson of Altoona; his son, Jason; daughter, Laura; parents, Carl and Dollis Olson of Clear Lake; brothers, Randy (Jo) Olson of Richmond, VA and Ronald (Darla) Olson of Lu Verne, Iowa. He is also survived by twenty nieces and nephews, three great-nieces and nephews and other relatives.
Rodney was preceded in death by his oldest brother, Ronald Wayne, who died in infancy, and his grandparents, Abe and Gert Olson and Willis and Elna Babcock.