Kyle Olson Death, Obituary: Parkers Prairie, MN, 28-year-old man died in farm accident: On Tuesday, May 7, 2024, Kyle L. Olson, 28, of Parkers Prairie, passed very suddenly as a result of injuries he had received in a farming accident. Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at 11 a.m., there will be a funeral ceremony at First Evangelical Lutheran Church. Rev. Ben Dyrhaug will preside. There will be a private family funeral in Parkers Prairie’s Swedish Lutheran Cemetery.
Monday, May 13, from 4 to 8 p.m., and for an hour before the service, there will be a visitation at First Evangelical Lutheran Church. According to Paul Harvey, “God said, ‘I need a caretaker’ as he looked down on his intended paradise on the eighth day.someone who would laugh, then sigh, and then respond with beaming eyes when his son says he wants to live his life “doing what dad does”; someone who would knit a family together with the gentle, powerful links of sharing. God then created a farmer and gave him a son as a blessing.
On July 13, 1995, Joyce (Wark) Olson and the late Bruce Olson had a son, Kyle Laverne Olson. At Parkers Prairie’s First Evangelical Lutheran Church, he underwent baptism and confirmation. Kyle went to Parkers Prairie High School and graduated from Willmar’s Ridgewater Community College.
Not many people are fortunate enough to have their career predestined from birth. One such man was Kyle. Having been raised on a farm, his interests and pastimes brought him closer to the land his family had farmed for almost 40 years. He also had a strong attachment to Ford vehicles and John Deere tractors. Kyle was a Parkers Prairie FFA Chapter member in high school, where his commitment to farming earned him a State Degree, Star Chapter Farmer, and Star Chapter Placement honors.
He was also a member of the Spruce Hill Rangers 4-H Club, where he raised and showed turkeys, pigs, and cattle at the Douglas County Fair and the Minnesota State Fair. He loved going hunting with his sister Chelsea, hanging out with his friends, going trap shooting, riding horses, listening to country music, and occasionally taking an out-of-town adventure when his loved ones could pry him away from the farm for a short while.
Many fortunate enough to have known Kyle were able to appreciate his kind demeanor, contagious grin, and tender heart. His devotion to and love for the spaniels he kept by his side when doing chores and in the front seat of his truck was the clearest testament to his love of animals.
His father left farming too soon to be with the Lord, therefore Kyle continued the Olson farming line by carrying on his father’s work. Including being inundated by daycare children clamoring for a hug or a high five, and continuing the custom of delivering his grandma Bev a yearly May Day cake. Joyce, his mother, was concerned that the house would not be as peaceful without Bruce’s antics and sense of humor. Kyle, on the other hand, started a daily ritual of opening the door and yelling, “Where’s the crazy lady?” which caused the spaniels to fly throughout the house in pursuit of her. His sister Chelsea had taught him early on that the mocking would always be returned, thus he was always able to make fun of the people he loved.
Kyle’s first love was caring to the fields, feeding the cattle, and having farm-related conversations with his father Bruce and uncle Gary. Even under the most difficult circumstances, he was unable to wipe the smile off his face; there was never any doubt that the time he spent in the tractor had left him feeling happy and proud. To allay concerns about Kyle’s excessive time spent on the farm, all they had to do was look at the almost daily images and videos he shared with friends and family, which captured his excitement for everything from a successful turkey launch to the first field being broken for the season to the pride a father can feel when he shows off his newborn shorthorn calf.
God stated, “I need someone to sit with a retired farmer who will talk about farming, roughhouse, and laugh,” on May 7, 2024, as he peered from his heavens to his paradise. Someone who will assist him in tending to his flocks and tending his heavenly pastures. God then brought a farmer home.
Bruce, his father; Wallace and Viola Wark, his maternal grandparents; Laverne Olson, his paternal grandfather; Ronald, Richard, Walter, Carol, James, Nancy, and Patricia Wark as aunts and uncles; Bryton Trosdahl, second cousin; and the spaniels Lacey, Tinker, and Betty Lou preceded him in death.
Joyce Olson, his mother; Chelsea (Arnie) Nelson, his sister; Beverly Olson, his grandmother; Linda (Dick) Trosdahl, Gary (Kathee Carlson) Olson, Barb (John) Hautla, Kathy (Karl Zimmerman) Davis, Annie Wark, Jeff Wark, and Bruce Wark; cousins Rob (Tammy) Trosdahl, Laura (Jake) Grefsrud, Charlie Olson, John Davis, Jason Davis, Sarah (Kevin) Nelson, Tanya (Scott Korkowski) Makela, Marcus (Heather) Hautla, Pam (Shon) Bradley, Matt (Nina) Wark, Jo Marie (Terry) Hansen, and Dan Ellwanger; second cousins Aksel, Blair, Theo, Ryker, Bella, Kylie, Liam, Austin, Mason, Cole, Asher, Bailee, Bowen, Alannah, and Zailey; and a host of other relatives survive him.