Dates

• Existence: 1929-

Biographical History

Beverly Jean Olsen Koller (1929- ) is the daughter of Bartlett F. Olsen and Maid Olsen and the wife of BYU Quarterback Lyle James Koller, Sr.

Beverly Jean Olsen Koller was born to Bartlett F. Olsen and Maid Olsen on March 9, 1929. After graduating high school, she attended the University of Utah. However, after she married Brigham Young University quarterback, baseball star, and World War II Naval aviation radioman Lyle James Koller on August 18, 1948, she transferred to Provo. They two lived at Wymount Village until graduation.

After their five children left their home, the couple served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Jackson, Mississippi in 1992-1994. Only months after returning to Provo, Lyle passed away on July 3, 1994.

Beverly Koller contributed her memories of her life in Provo to the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, participating in their "Historic Downtown Provo Oral History Project" in 2011.

Citation:

Ancestry.com, June 6, 2017 (Beverly Koller was born to Bartlett and Maid Olsen on March 9, 1929)

FindAGrave, June 6, 2017 (Bev's full name is Beverly Jean Olsen Koller; her husband was Lyle James Koller, Sr - a football quarterback and baseball star at BYU; Lyle was a World War II Naval Avaitaion Radioman; they served in the Mississippi Jackson Mission between 1992-1994; Lyle passed away on July 3, 1994)

Salt Lake Tribune, Sept. 12, 1948 (Lyle Koller and Beverly Koller married on Aug. 18, 1948; Beverly was a former University of Utah student)

UPB Files, June 6, 2017 (Lyle and Beverly lived at Wymount Village after they were married)

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