Darell Christensen

CHRISTENSEN, BRANDSMEIER, LOWELL, CARTSENS

Posted By: Henry Brainard (email)
Date: 11/3/2008 at 09:17:43

Darell E. Christensen

Darell E. Christensen, 58, of Brownsville, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2001, at Hospice Care, Fitchburg.
He was born Dec. 16, 1942, in Madison, to Alvin and Miriam (Brandsmeier) Christensen, and on Feb. 16, 1974, married Mary M. Fredericksen at St. Mary’s Lutheran Church, Kenosha.

He was raised on a dairy farm in Oregon, Wis., and attended grade school and high school in Oregon, graduating in 1960.

From 1962-’64 he attended the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point where he studied accounting.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in animal science in 1967 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received his master of agricultural education in 1972, also from UW-Madison.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving as a propaganda officer for the 2nd Field Force in Vietnam from July 1968 to March 1971.

He taught farm training at Gateway Technical College in Kenosha from 1975 to 1978. From there he moved to Lodi where he was a share owner/operator of Cobland Farms. In 1982 he purchased his own dairy farm in Brownsville and called it Chris-Land Farms where he currently resided.

From 1985 to the present, Darell was an instructor in farm business and production management for Lakeshore Technical College in Cleveland, Wis.

He enjoyed bowling, football and skiing.

Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Heather of Madison and Heidi, attending UW-Madison; his mother, Miriam Christensen of Oregon, Wis.; two sisters, Sylvia (Vern) Lowell of Mt. Horeb and Janice (Henry) Carstens of Brillion; a brother, Jon (Patricia) of Lemont, Ill.; nieces; nephew; cousins; aunts; and numerous friends.

Preceding him in death was his father, Alvin.

Funeral services were held Saturday. at Christian Life Fellowship Church, Mayville.

Revs. Roy McKain and David Koch officiated, and graveside services were held Sunday at Prairie Mount Cemetery, Oregon, Wis.

Visitation was at the Uecker-Witt Funeral Home, Fond du Lac.

Memorials may be made to the Lakeshore Foundation or the American Heart Association.

His family described Mr. Christensen as a man of faith and integrity, a devoted husband and father who lived life to the fullest both at work and play.