Mindee Lee Olsen

Gunnison, Utah - Our kind and beloved mother, daughter, sister and friend, Mindee Lee Olsen, age 37, died September 21, 2012 at her home in Gunnison, after a valiant and well fought four year battle with breast cancer. She was born January 18, 1975 in Gunnison, a daughter of Dennis Rex and Dixie Lee Koeven Olsen. She graduated from Gunnison High School, Class of 1993. Mindee married Jeremy Wayne Ziegler, October 6, 1995 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They were later divorced. She married Adam Clair Paulsen, April 18, 2009. She attended Weber College School of Nursing in Ogden and received her BS Degree in Nursing. She worked in Orem and in Provo as Nursing Director for two health care facilities and Yuma, Arizona as a Hospice and Home Health Nurse. Mindee was a member of the LDS Church, serving as Primary Pianist. She was an avid golfer. She enjoyed doing bead work and making jewelry, face book and shopping. She loved BYU Football - Go Cougars!!! Most of all, Mindee loved her children and her family. She had a very bubbly personality and was always laughing. She will be greatly missed. She is survived by her children: Andrew Ziegler and Camryn Ziegler, both of Yuma, Arizona; Landon Paulsen of Gunnison; her parents, Dixie and Richard Smith of Centerfield; Dennis and Colleen Olsen of Salt Lake City; two sisters and one brother: Fawn Parker of Salt Lake City; Jamie and Treyvail Hayden, Kip and Dana Christensen, all of West Valley City; grandparents: Nora Lee Koeven of Centerfield; Rex and LaPreal Olsen of Axtell. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Kacee Lee Ziegler; and a grandfather, Frank Koeven. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at 12 Noon in the Gunnison LDS Stake Center, where friends may call for viewing Tuesday evening from 6 to 8 P.M. or Wednesday morning from 10:30 to 11:30 prior to the services. Burial will be in the Gunnison City Cemetery under the care of the Springer Turner Funeral Home of Richfield and Salina, Utah.