Christensen, Carol Joyce (1935 - 2013)

CHRISTENSEN, PICKREL, GARCIA, HAVICK, LEBSOCK, BOECK, PLUMB, FREUND, KING

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Date: 5/8/2013 at 13:31:00

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CAROL JOYCE CHRISTENSEN, 78, of Harlan (Svcs. 4/16/13)

OBITUARIES
April 12th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

CAROL JOYCE CHRISTENSEN, 78, of Harlan, died Thu., April 11th, at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Funeral services for CAROL CHRISTENSEN will be held 11-a.m. Tue., April 16th, at the 1st United Methodist Church in Harlan. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.

Visitation at the funeral home is from 8am-to 9-PM Mon., April 15th, with the family greeting friends from 6-to 9-PM.

Burial will be in the Harlan Cemetery.

CAROL CHRISTENSEN is survived by:
Her son – Jay (Suzy) Christensen, of Harlan.
Her daughters – Ann (Dave) Pickrel, of Hickman, NE, & Jill Christensen (& Harry Garcia), of Queens, NY.
Her brother – Alfred Havick, DDS, of Marshalltown.
Her sisters – Jeanet Lebsock, of Sterling, CO., & Dixie (Terry) Boeck, of Fremont, NE.
7 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great grandchild.

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Source: pauleyjones.com

Arrangements and Services For
Carol Joyce Christensen - Age 78
Who Died On Thursday, April 11, 2013

Visitation
Monday, April 15, 2013
8:00 A.M. To 9:00 P.M.
Pauley Jones Funeral Home
Harlan, Iowa

Family Will Greet Friends
Monday, April 15, 2013
6:00 P.M. To 9:00 P.M.
Pauley Jones Funeral Home
Harlan, Iowa

Funeral Service
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
11:00 A.M.
First United Methodist Church
Harlan, Iowa

Interment
Harlan Cemetery
Harlan, Iowa

She is survived by her children: Ann (Dave) Pickrel of Hickman, NE; Jay (Suzy) Christensen of Harlan, Iowa and Jill Christensen (Harry Garcia) of Queens, NY her sisters: Jeanet Lebsock of Sterling, CO and Dixie (Terry) Boeck of Fremont, NE and her brother Alfred Havick, DDS of Marshalltown, IA

For further information contact
Pauley Jones Funeral Home - Harlan
At 755-3135 or 1-800-831-6805

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Source: pauleyjones.com

Carol Joyce Christensen - Age 78

Carol Joyce Christensen, daughter of Harold and Veta (Plumb) Havick, was born on the Plumb family farm East of Tennant, Iowa on March 5, 1935. In 1946 she moved with her family to another farm to be closer to M16 (the Tennant Road). She attended Tennant Consolidated School in Tennant graduating with the class of 1953. As a child growing up, she helped with chores on the farm mowing the lawn, cooking supper, and every weekend helped clean the house.

After high school, Carol knew she wanted to teach school and enrolled in Iowa State University in Ames where she majored in Home Economics Education with minors in Physical and Social Studies. During the summers, she worked in the office at Squealer Feed and in the kitchen of Myrtue Memorial Hospital both in Harlan. Carol had become locked in the cooler at the hospital with one of her future husband’s friends. That occasion led to a date that night with Jack Christensen to go to a show in Denison. They continued dating and became engaged in December of 1955. He had her high school class ring, so when he bought the engagement ring he had the right size. She graduated from Iowa State in May of 1957 with a degree in Home Economics.

Carol and Jack Christensen were united in marriage on Saturday July 6, 1957 at the First United Methodist Church in Harlan. Carol accepted a teaching position in Carson, Iowa at the high school and Jack worked in Council Bluffs. They lived in a rented house in Carson.

When Jack decided to farm, Carol resigned her position in Carson and accepted a position to teach in Irwin, Iowa in 1958, and the couple moved to a farm near Tennant, Iowa. Carol had to resign from teaching in February of 1960 because she was pregnant with their first of four children. In 1963, they moved to a farm north of Corley, Iowa where they lived for eleven years. After three years of farming on the Ted Allen farm, they moved to her parents family farm near Tennant. In 1968, Carol accepted a position in the Harlan Community Schools teaching home economics and eventually the class name was changed to family consumer science. She taught life skills, child development and family life for thirty-four years. In 2010, Carol was honored as Mother of the Year.

Carol’s grandmother, mother, relatives and neighbors served as role models as she raised her family. Holidays, family events, school and church activities were most important in her life. She was an avid reader and had an extensive collection of cook books. She has been an active member of the First United Methodist Church for many years where she volunteered on numerous committees and served as chairman of her circle group and on the kitchen committee for funerals. She was also a member of Alpha Delphians and the Harlan Cemetery Foundation. As a cancer survivor she participated in the survivors lap at the Shelby County Relay for Life.

Carol died on April 11, 2013 at the Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan having attained the age of seventy-eight years, one month and six days. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her son Kent, her husband Jack F. Christensen and her sister Leila Havick.

Survivors include her children, Ann and her husband Dave Pickrel of Hickman, Nebraska; Jay and his wife Suzy Christensen of Harlan, Iowa and Jill Christensen and her friend Harry Garcia, of Queens, New York; her grandchildren, Nicholas, Adam and his wife Erin, Rees, Sadie and Cass Christensen and Rachel and Jacob Pickrel; four step grandchildren, Angie Freund and her husband Travis, Cary Pickrel and his wife Sara as well as Justin and Olivia Garcia; five step great grandchildren, C.J. and Rhiannon Pickrel, Skylar King and Brooklyn and Jackson Freund; one step great-great grandson, Andrew Pickrel; her sisters Jeanet Lebsock of Sterling, Colorado and Dixie and her husband Terry Boeck of Fremont, Nebraska; her brother Alfred Havick, DDS of Marshaltown, Iowa; nieces and nephews; other relatives and many friends.

Pastor Darwin Moore officiated the 11:00 AM funeral service on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at the First United Methodist Church in Harlan, Iowa. Music was provided by musicians Suzy Christensen, Sharon Davidson, Craig Nance, and Harry Garcia and vocalists Rachel Pickrel, Jacob Pickrel, and Lee Nelson. Honorary casket bearers were Norman Mathiasen, Glenn French, Ray Buman, Gaige Lytle, Jerry Larson, Ben Plumb, Mark Lytle, and Richard Klitgaard. Serving as casket bearers were A. J. Christensen, Cass Christensen, Rees Christensen, Nicholas Christensen, Justin Garcia, Jacob Pickrel, Sadie Christensen, and Rachel Pickrel. A private inurnment was held at the Harlan Cemetery.