Christenson, Earl Albert (1918-2002)

CHRISTENSON, WENOS, JOHNSON, ANDERSON, SWEARINGEN, SEVLEY, WIRTJES, NYHUS, MORRIS

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 1/6/2013 at 15:16:58

Earl Albert Christenson
February 23, 1918 - May 14, 2002

Earl Albert Christenson, 84, of Forest City, formerly of the Belmond and Kanawha areas, died on Tuesday, May 14, 2002, at the Good Samaritan Center in Forest City.

Earl Albert Christenson, the son of Oluf and Anna (Wenos) Christenson, was born on February 23, 1918, in Norway Township, Wright County, Iowa. He was baptized at the Congregational Church in Belmond and was confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Belmond. In his youth, he attended Norway Township rural school and worked as a farm hand. On September 14, 1941, he married Carol Johnson at the Congregational Church in Belmond.

Earl started farming in 1942 in the Kanawha and Clarion areas. In 1952, the family moved to a farm near Bricelyn, Minnesota, where they farmed until he retired in 1983. In 1993, they moved to Forest City. Earl and Carol celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary on September 14, 2001. On January 4, 2002, he entered the Good Samaritan Center.

Earl enjoyed fishing, golfing, playing cards, and dancing. He also made wooden crosses which have been sent all over the United States and overseas.

Earl was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, serving on the council as church treasurer, and a member of the Brotherhood. In 1995, he transferred his membership to Immanuel Lutheran Church in Forest City.

He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers; three sisters; one sister in infancy; one son-in-law, Gary Anderson; and one great-grandson, Zackery. Survivors include his wife, Carol, of Forest City; his son and daughter-in-law, Larry and Mary Christenson, of Phoenix, Arizona; his son, Keith Christenson, of Belmond; his daughters and sons-in-law, Kathy and Dan Swearingen, of Thompson, Pat and Gordon Sevley, of Kiester, Minnesota, Eloise and Lyle Wirtjes, of Thompson, and Deborah and Harlan Nyhus, of Forest City; a brother and sister-in-law, Lloyd and Eunice Christenson, of Belmond; and a sister, Maxine Morris, of Castro Valley, California, as well as numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held on Saturday, May 18, 2002, at Trinity Lutheran Church in rural Kiester, Minnesota [rural Thompson, Winnebago County, Iowa], with Rev. Dani Jo Ninke-Greaver and Rev. Lee Laaveg officiating. Burial was at Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery, rural Kiester. The Peterson-Lund Funeral Home of Forest City was in charge of the arrangements.

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