Erna Christiansen (1923-2009)

CHRISTIANSEN, BRACKETT, NISSEN

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 2/18/2009 at 23:12:11

Erna Christiansen
December 16, 1923 - January 14, 2009
Maquoketa, Iowa
Visitation: 3 to 7 p.m. Friday, January 16, 2009 at Lahey Funeral Home, Maquoketa, Iowa ~ Visitation will also be held on Saturday one hour before service time at the church ~ Memorials are preferred
Funeral Service: 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 17, 2009 at First Lutheran Church, Maquoketa, Iowa
Interment: Saturday, January 17, 2009 at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Maquoketa, Iowa
Erna Anita Brackett was born December 16, 1923, in Delmar, Iowa, daughter of I. Allen and Lena (Nissen) Brackett. She graduated in the class of 1941 from Delmar High School and Maquoketa Junior College in 1943. She taught school in Elvira and at Maquoketa Fourth Ward. She married Norbert Christiansen on August 7, 1949 at Delmar, Iowa. He died on December 5, 1998. She was a homemaker and a member of First Lutheran Church, Maquoketa. Erna loved to travel and she volunteered extensively with Jackson County Regional Health Center and Jackson County Historical Society. She loved to spend time with her grandchildren.
Erna is survived by two sons, Ronald (Darlene) Christiansen of Delmar, and Paul (Margo) Christiansen of Maquoketa; and 4 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband and her parents.
Erna A. Christiansen, 85, of Maquoketa, Iowa, died Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at her home following a brief illness.

Source: Lahey Funeral Home