Lyla M. Zachariason

Lyla was born April 8, 1931 in Crookston, Minnesota to Jacob and Lydia Traster Maier. She grew up and attended school in Northwood, ND. Lyla married Lyle Olson in 1950 at Moorhead, Minnesota. Following their marriage, they resided in West Fargo, ND, and in 1966 they moved to Lake Park, MN. Lyle died in 1977. Lyla worked for fifteen years as an operator for Northwest Bell, and for twenty-three years she worked in the kitchen at Lake Park Schools. Lyla married Walter Zachariason on September 3, 1992. Lyla was caring and had a kind heart. She loved spending time with her children and grandchildren. Lyla enjoyed playing cards, bingo, and making potato balls and Christmas cookies with her family. Lyla was known as "Little Lyla" to her friends at Sunnyside Care Center.Lyla is survived by three sons, Scott Olson, Lake Park, MN, Troy Carmen Olson, Hawley, MN, and Todd Karen Olson, San Diego, CA; two daughters, Kathy David Mattson, Lake Park, MN, and Debbie Nelson, Lake Park, MN; one sister, Esther Beck, Moorhead, MN; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Lyle Olson; her second husband, Walter Zachariason; four brothers, Henry, Albert, Bennie and Marvin; and five sisters, Bertha, Rose, Lillian, Lena and Nita.