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Perry Maranius Olsen (1886-1972) was the Acting General Secretary for the Oakland, California Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). He was later the sales manager at the American Sisalkraft in San Francisco. He died in 1972 at age 86. (b. January 13, 1886; Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA - d. September 14, 1972; Oakland, Alameda County, California, 94602, USA)

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Perry M. Olsen (1972)

"Funeral services were held yesterday for the late Perry M. Olsen, a onetime secretary of the Oakland YMCA, who died September 14. Mr. Olsen, 86, a native of Illinois, had lived in the Bay Area since 1906 when he came west with the Southern Pacific Railroad. He was retired from The Sisalkraft Company. His affiliations included the Olympic Club, a 64-year membership in the First Baptist Church of Oakland, Park Boulevard Lodge No. 568 F. & A.M. and Scottish Rite Bodies of Oakland. Surviving Mr. Olsen are his wife, Dorothy of Oakland; a son. Dr. Perry A. Olsen of San Jose and daughters Mrs. Dorothy Graham of Oakland and Mrs. Marjorie Higgingbotham of Tulare. He has 10 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren."

Camp Fund Campaign Launched (1918)

"Other speakers who pledged themselves and the organizations they represented to hard work in raising the money called for were: George S. Meredith, president of the Rotary Club; I. C. Fraster of the Oakland Den of Lions; William B. Burbeck, H. C. Capwell, president of the Chamber of Commerce; Max Horwinski of the Elks; L. W. Cummings of the Moose; S. Samuels, of the Odd Fellows; George Hatch, of the Merchants' Exchange; Louis Aber, of Aahmes Temple Mystic Shrine; and Perry Olsen, acting general secretary of the Y.M.C.A. … The headquarters at 1444 Broadway are in charge of Joseph N. Burroughs, assisted by Perry Olsen, acting general secretary of the Y.M.C.A. …"

Membership Secretary (1913)

"… Perry M. Olsen, who for the past two years has stood behind the desk and has warmly greeted the thousands who have entered the building, has succeeded to the office of membership secretary. Mr. Olsen, with his congenial disposition, happy smile and above all with his genuine interest in Association men and methods, cannot help but make a success in this new position. Mr. Olsen became interested in Association work at Chicago a few years ago, when he was a student in the Association Institute of that city. A trip East and through Canada visiting Associations at Cleveland, Buffalo, Toronto, Montreal and other large cities and a definite piece of work rendered in a membership campaign in Oakland cemented his plans for his life's work. He attended the Summer Institute at Lake Geneva in 1912 …"

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