Journalist. Born: June 8, 1898, in Oshkosh, Wis. Parents: John H. and Thurine (Olson) Oleson. Married: John Xan, September 2, 1922. Children: One. Education: Battle Creek College, A.B., 1930; University of Michigan, M.A., 1946. Taught country schools Wisconsin. Secretary, Ernst & Ernst, Chicago; Pittsburgh Piping & Equipment Co., Chicago, 1918-1936. Taught at Howard College, 1940-1941; writer, Birmingham News, 1957-1965; book reviewer, Christian Herald Family Bookshelf, 1960-. Member: National League of American Pen Women, Women in Communication.

Source: Who's Who of American Women.

Author: Home for Good. New York: I. Washburn, 1952.

Joint Author: Time-Honored Norwegian Recipes Adapted to the American Kitchen. Decorah, Iowa: Norwegian-American Museum, 1974.

Wisconsin, My Home: the Story of Thurine Oleson as told to Her Daughter Erna Oleson Xan. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1950.