Irene, at the age of 67, passed away peacefully on October 5th at the Red Lake Margaret Cochenour Memorial Hospital with her family by her side.

She will be lovingly remembered by her husband Peter Thompson, son Riel Einar Olsen, sisters Alice Olsen Williams (Donna, Keesic, Sagateh and Sarah), Helen (Garth) Agger (Leslie Agger), Kaaren (Phil) Dannenmann (Marney Vermette, Kaaren Stevens, Michael Brunton), Anita Olsen Harper (Karen Lawford, Grant Bokvist, Gaylen Bokvist).

Predeceased by father Einar Olsen, mother Sarah Keesick Olsen, brother Harald Einar Olsen, brothers-in-law Elijah Harper and Douglas Williams and nephew Dylan Bokvist.

Survived by many loving great-nieces and great-nephews – Devin (Sutton), Alysha Parks and Skylar Cook, Amelia (Jax) Williams, Hannah and Sinead Teevan, Emilia-Helen Chernish, Sarah and  Anton Dodic, and Auna Vermette, Shayne Stevens-Campeau and Mac Stevens, Anna-Lise and Kieran Lawford, Payton Myers and little Vada Bokvist.

Visitation will be held at Grace Community Church on Friday, October 6th from 7 to 10 pm. A public funeral service will be held on Saturday, October 7th at 10 am in the Grace Community Church with Henry Hostetler officiating. A private burial will be at the Namegosibiing traditional cemetery on Sunday, October 8th.

Donations in Irene's memory may be made to The Red Lake Emergency Shelter or Memory In Miles through the Red Lake Chapel, Box 237, Red Lake, ON P0V 2M0.