Capt. Laura Larson

Captain Laura Marie Larson, age 46, of Omaha, NE died May 9, 2014 at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, NE battling ovarian cancer. Funeral services were held Saturday, May 17 at Countryside Community Church in Omaha, NE. Arrangements were handled by Heafey Hoffmann Dworak & Cutler Mortuaries and Crematorium in Omaha, NE.
Laura was born January 9, 1968 to Ralph and Joanne Hammel Larson at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. She was baptized and confirmed  at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Waukon and attended St. Patrick Catholic School in Waukon through the sixth grade before graduating from Waukon High School in 1986. She received a scholarship to play basketball at the University of Nebraska-Omaha in Omaha, NE and was serving as a Captain for the Omaha Fire Department at the time of her death.
Laura is survived by her spouse, Ingrid C. Olson of Omaha, NE; a stepson, Jamison Olson; her mother, Joanne Larson of Waukon; her siblings, Susan (Mike) Bizjack of Poway, CA, Eric (fiancée Gloria Herrera) Larson of Aliso Viejo, CA and Amy (Jack) Regan of Waukon; and her nieces and nephews, McKenna, Donovan and Kennedy Bizjack, Jakob, Avery and Jaxon Regan, and Brennan Hartley.
She is also survived by her uncles, Kenneth (Sharon) and Walter (Dianne) Larson, both of Dorchester, Joe (Sheryl) Hammel of Decorah, Frank (Sharon) Hammel of Frankville, Jerry (Sheryl) Hammel of Denver, and Gary (Kari) Hammel of Waukon; her aunts, Genevieve Rude of Decorah, Karen (Al) Ullerich of Guttenberg, Alice Miller of Waukon, Roseann Williams of Pine Island, MN, Anna Marie (Tony) Danaher of Casper, WY, Cathy (Norbert) Kruse and Linda Eiken, both of Dorchester, Jan Rolle of Grand Rapids, MN, and Sharon (Bob) Monaghan of Independence; in addition to many other relatives and friends.
Laura was preceded in death by her father, Ralph Larson, August 11, 2007; her grandparents, Francis and Mary Hammel and Henry and Marguerite Larson; and her uncles, Henry, Herbert, Larry and Lowell Larson, Joe Eiken, Ron Rolle, Chuck Rude, Bart Williams and Keith Miller.
Memorials can be sent to the Captain Laura M. Larson Memorial Scholarship Fund at Wells Fargo Bank, 1919 Douglas Street, Omaha, NE 68102 or made through any Wells Fargo Bank. Those memorials can also be made through Laura's mother, Joanne Larson, in Waukon, who will forward them on accordingly to the scholarship fund.
Online condolences may be left through the crematorium's website at www.heafeyheafey.com.