Pamela Olsen (Olsen)

Louise died suddenly on March 6 2010.  Her son's fiancee, Maria, called me to notify me of her death.  Louise and I first met at Greenman School and remained friends until her passing..  

She graduated from U of I Medical School and did her residency in internal medicine at what was then Cook County Hospital.  She married and moved to Northern California.  For a short time she had a solo practice, but spent most of her career working at Vacaville State Prison, the only prison in CA (at least at that time) to have a hospital within the prison.  During her career, she had several papers published.

She had two sons, Jeffrey and Christopher.  The last time I saw her was in the 90s when I traveled to San Francisco, and visited her and the boys in Berkeley.  She took us on a cable car tour of SF.

In lieu of sending Christmas cards, she would always call me between Christmas and New Year's, and we would spend a long time catching up on our lives over the past year.  I still miss that annual phone call.  She was a great friend.

Cathey Popdan (Johnson)

Pam - thank you so much for posting your comments and memories about Louise. The memories of her will stay with you.