Muriel Daggett ‘Mike’ Olsen

Former Bainbridge Island resident Muriel Daggett “Mike” Olsen, 82, died Nov. 19 at Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton after a brief illness.

She was born Oct. 10, 1922 in Lynn, Mass., to Bertha Toske and James Daggett. 

She graduated from Saugus, Mass., High School in 1939 and Fisher Business School (now Fisher College) in 1940.

She enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard (SPAR) in 1943, with basic training at Hunter College, New York City.  Her duty station was USCG HQ, in the Alaska Building in Seattle, where she served as a storekeeper for two years. 

She moved to Bainbridge Island in 1952 and to Poulsbo in 2000.

She graduated from Olympic College in 1977, and worked from then until 1984 as secretary and bookkeeper at the Bloedel Reserve. She was a past commander at American Legion Post 172, Winslow, and was also involved in Legion Auxiliary Post 245, Poulsbo, as well as Navy League and Sons of Norway.

She is survived by her sons James Springer of Suquamish, Roy (Kathy) Springer of Hermiston, Ore., and Charles Olsen of Port Orchard; grandsons Steven (Brenda) Springer of Oak Harbor and Mark Olsen of Issaquah;  two great-grandchildren, Steel and Sierra Springer;  and a niece, Daryll Wasson. 

She was preceded in death by her husband Albert Olsen, and her sister Evelyn Donnelly.

Burial will be at 10 a.m. Dec. 3 at Crown Hill Cemetery in Seattle, with arrangements by Miller-Woodlawn of Bremerton.  Services will follow at 6:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Port Gamble.

There will also be a reception from 2-6 p.m. Dec. 4 at the Legion Hall on Bucklin Hill Road, Bainbridge Island. Donations may be made in her name to military relief efforts, to the Seattle Fishermen’s Memorial, or to the American Cancer Society.