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Obituary: James K. Olsen, Friends of Recycling in Wellesley Member

James K. Olsen, of Wellesley, passed away Dec. 7, 2013.

He was husband of Renate Olsen.

Jim is a late retired system manager for Honeywell Bull and is remembered for his dedicated work for the Friends of Recycling in Wellesley.

He leaves his children Eric-Nils of Framingham, Karl-James of Brookline and Jason Lars and his wife Lisa of Wellesley; his grandchildren Nils, Tristan, Lars, Lili Olsen and Jake Giberson; his siblings Marilyn Ockenholt and Claude Olsen, both of Castleton, N.Y.; his sisters and brother-in-law Dr. Hannelore Wilfert and her husband Dr. Karl Moschner, Ursula MacAffer and her husband Kenneth, Inge Eley, Peter Wilfert and his wife Birute; and his nieces and nephews.

A gathering of family and friends will be at the George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 477 Washington St., Wellesley, Thursday, Dec. 12, at noon. A funeral service, in the funeral home, will follow at 12:30 p.m. Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers please make memorial donations in James memory to Wounded Warriors.

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