Weird Brothers Coffee (321 Sunset Park Drive, Herndon) has announced via social media that co-owner Kenny Olsen died unexpectedly Thursday.
My dear brother Kenneth Olsen passed away yesterday. Our family is distraught and still in shock. Kenny had the biggest…
Posted by Weird Brothers Coffee on Friday, August 4, 2017
Brothers Paul and Kenny Olsen founded the popular business as a mobile coffee bar before they opened their permanent location in Herndon in April. Paul told Connection Newspapers the next month about how close he and his brother were, leading to the name “Weird Brothers.”
“My brother and I, for our entire lives, have just always marched to the beat of a different drummer. It always turned out that when we were together, all these weird and strange things would happen. It just fit.”
Friends of the Weird Brothers have shared their condolences on social media.
Please help us support our friends at Weird Brothers Coffee, who supply Lake Anne Brew House with our amazing Nitro Cold…
Posted by Lake Anne Brew House on Monday, August 7, 2017
Sorry to hear about your loss, sending condolences from The Frenchman team
— The Frenchman (@TheFrenchmanFT) August 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/loveherndon/status/894527295444180992
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help the business as it copes with Kenny’s death.
A memorial service has been scheduled for Friday, Aug. 18 at Adams-Green Funeral Home (721 Elden St., Herndon).
Photo collage via Weird Brothers Coffee/Instagram
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