RAPID CITY--Erma Christine Olsen Blegen, 93, of Rapid City, died at Golden Living Center-Black Hills on Monday, March 15, 2010. She was born April 16, 1916, on the family farm in Lyon County, Minnesota, to Arnt and Nettie (Ruen) Larson. Erma graduated from Tracy High School. She worked for room and board and went to business school in St. Paul, MN. For many years she was the executive secretary for the regional manager of Montgomery Ward. In 1950 she married Max Olsen and moved to Castlewood, to be wife and mother of five beautiful daughters. In 1951 they added another daughter to the family. They raised their family in Castlewood, where they owned Castlewood Produce and Max's Mobile Milling. She was a dealer for Stanley Products for many years and taught the High School Sunday School class. Later she was church secretary for the First Presbyterian Church. In 1974 they moved to Austin, MN and managed the Trademart Furniture Store. In 1986 she married Howard Blegen and moved to Mesa, AZ. She moved back to South Dakota in 2005 to be close to family. Survivors include 3 daughters, Barbara (Deryll) Edwards, Bradenton, FL, Maxine (Merle) Buyert, Clear Lake and Judy (Ken) Fauss, Rapid City; 2 sisters, Norma Nielsen, Rapid City and Wanda Nordmeyer, Lake Benton, MN; 1 brother, Alan Larson, Rochester, MN; 16 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, Max Olsen and Howard Blegen; a brother, Martin Larson; a sister, Luella Hoiland; 3 daughters, Carol Heit, Karen Braaten and JoAnn Niemann and 3 grandchildren, infant twins and a grandson, Tracy Niemann. Visitation will be Thursday, March 18, from 5:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., with a memorial service at 7:00 p.m., at the Osheim & Schmidt Funeral Home with Rev. Wilbur Holz officiating. Visitation will also be from 9:00 a.m. until a 2nd service time, which will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 20, at the First Presbyterian Church in Castlewood, with Rev. Terry Drew officiating Burial will follow in the Castlewood Cemetery. Memorials will be given to Hope Village (orphanage and school in Liberia,) Young Life and Chapel in the Hills.