Dr. Reid Martin Olson - Madison.com

Feb. 8, 1955—Dec. 13, 2022

BEND, OR—Dr. Reid Martin Olson passed distant astatine property 67 connected December 13, 2022, astatine St. Charles Medical Center successful Bend, OR, from complications related to a bosom attack. He died mildly and peacefully successful the arms of his devoted wife, Gabriela.

Reid was calved successful Denver, CO, connected February 8, 1955, to parents Donald E. Olson and Alice “Puggie” Olson, the 2nd of 4 Olson children (siblings, Julie, Kathy and Marc). The Olson household laid down roots successful Portland, OR, wherever Reid spent astir of his aboriginal life. He loved sports of each types, peculiarly biking, tennis, fishing, hiking, skiing and mountaineering amongst the Cascade mountains (no uncertainty aided by his skills arsenic an Eagle Scout).

While traveling done Europe the summertime earlier starting aesculapian school, Reid met the miss of his dreams done a accidental brushwood successful Switzerland: Gabriela Groth, a Swiss schoolhouse teacher who Reid felt was mode retired of his league. But Reid’s quiescent charm, patience and warmth harmonized perfectly with Gabriela’s vivacious, courageous, and adventurous spirit. After 4 years of trans-Atlantic courtship, (all portion Reid diligently attended aesculapian schoolhouse astatine Oregon Health & Science University), Reid and Gabriela were joined connected May 7, 1983, successful a tiny Swiss chapel.

Reid’s mother, a nurse, and father, a pulmonologist, acceptable the signifier for Reid’s ain distinguished vocation successful medicine. Following aesculapian school, Reid continued grooming successful interior medicine, past allergy and immunology astatine Penn State University successful Philadelphia portion gathering a household with Gabriela. Ashleigh was calved successful 1984, and Sven successful 1987. The Olson household past made their imperishable location successful Middleton, WI, wherever Reid became a venerated allergist and immunologist with the Dean Medical Group. Reid was the consummate physician, a methodical scientist, and a earthy leader. His 32 years of work with Dean included six years connected the committee of directors and arsenic conception main of allergy and immunology, conducting probe successful implicit 35 objective trials, and accordant designation arsenic 1 of the “Best Doctors successful America.” His professionalism and expertise led to the admiration of his patients, peers and family. Ashleigh and Sven some became physicians themselves: Ashleigh, a pediatric allergist and immunologist who inherited her father’s practice; and Sven, an big hematologist.

Reid’s bosom and psyche belonged to his family, friends and the outdoors. His status gave him each of these things erstwhile helium and Gabriela moved to their “Blue Chalet” successful Bend, Oregon successful 2019. In the past decennary of his life, Reid struggled with progressive symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, but that didn’t halt him from challenging himself and learning caller things each time with his soulmate Gabriela. He continued to play piano, became a world-class chef, and determinedly honed his play game, adjacent though his carnal limitations could get successful the way. Reid ever embraced the latest aesculapian advancements; respective months earlier his death, helium decided to acquisition surgical placement of a heavy encephalon stimulator (DBS) instrumentality to alleviate his centrifugal symptoms. Unfortunately, helium was incapable to research the benefits of the DBS earlier helium passed.

The emotion communicative of Reid and Gabriela is simply a existent fairytale and the envy of each who knew them. Gabriela’s Swiss roots were truthful important to Reid, from her lukewarm and welcoming Swiss household to the picturesque Swiss Alps, truthful overmuch truthful that Reid proudly became a Swiss national himself. The Olson and Groth families’ shared playfulness, resilience and loyalty continued to intertwine with mesmerizing results. In Bend, each time started with a caller outdoor adventure, and ended with the nightly quality and quiescent speech successful their stylish home. Reid gave everything to guarantee his household was taken attraction of. He was endlessly patient, impossibly calm, regal, kind, and generous... yet helium ever earned the astir laughs done his crisp wit and youthful whimsy.

Reid was taken from america acold excessively soon, but this makes the unthinkable bequest helium built each the much extraordinary. He is the archetype of an Olson, Swede, Swiss, husband, brother, son, father, gramps and friend.

Reid is survived by his woman of 40 years, Gabriela; his daughter, Ashleigh (Nick and son, Byron Reid) Olson; his son, Sven (Dominique and son, Ansel Reid) Olson; sister, Julie, sister Kathy (Ken) Kowalski, and brother, Marc (Tamara) Olson.

Details astir a solemnisation of beingness for Reid volition beryllium forthcoming successful the adjacent fewer months.

In accordance with Reid’s wishes, donations are invited to the National Park Foundation (www.nationalparks.org) oregon Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon (www.parkinsonsresources.org).