1933
Dorothy
2011
Dorothy M. Christensen
June 10, 1933 — February 26, 2011
Dorothy M. Christensen, 77, of St. Paul died Saturday, February 26, 2011 at Heritage Living Center in St. Paul.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday at Christ Lutheran Church in St. Paul. The Reverend Thomas Clark will officiate. Visitation will be held from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m., Tuesday at Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul. Burial will be held at 2:00 p.m. at Dannevirke Cemetery in Dannevirke, Nebraska.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Christ Lutheran Church in St. Paul.
Dorothy was born June 10, 1933 to Charles & Lois (Sherbondy) Phifer at Benkelman, Nebraska.
Dorothy's father passed away when she was very young. She lived in the Benkelman area for a while with her mother and brother. Her mother remarried and the family moved in the Bayard area for awhile and then the Sidney area for several years. Dorothy attended school at a small town called West Fork.
Being raised on the farm most of her life, Dorothy had worked in beet and potato fields in the western part of the state.
The family moved to the Fayetteville, Arkansas area when she was a teenager and she worked on the farm.
Dorothy was united in marriage to Paul Oldham in August of 1952 in Arkansas. To this union a baby girl was born, Lois Patricia "Pat" Oldham.
She moved back to Nebraska after she was divorced.
Dorothy worked as a house keeper in the Lincoln and Seward area.
She was united in marriage to Willard Christensen on September 1, 1968 at Dannevirke, Nebraska. They were married for 28 years. Willard passed away on November 15, 1996.
Dorothy and her daughter moved to St. Paul where she has lived since.
She was a member of Christ Lutheran Church and Ladies Aid. She was also a member of the Dannevirke Dandie's Extension Club.
She is survived by her daughter, Pat Oldham of St. Paul; a step sister, Kennetha Perry; sister-in-law, Elsie Phifer; brother-in-law, Clifford Christensen; many nieces and nephews and many friends and Charlie & Tammy Smith of St. Paul.
Dorothy is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Willard, an infant sister, a brother, a half brother and a step sister.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday at Christ Lutheran Church in St. Paul. The Reverend Thomas Clark will officiate. Visitation will be held from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m., Tuesday at Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul. Burial will be held at 2:00 p.m. at Dannevirke Cemetery in Dannevirke, Nebraska.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Christ Lutheran Church in St. Paul.
Dorothy was born June 10, 1933 to Charles & Lois (Sherbondy) Phifer at Benkelman, Nebraska.
Dorothy's father passed away when she was very young. She lived in the Benkelman area for a while with her mother and brother. Her mother remarried and the family moved in the Bayard area for awhile and then the Sidney area for several years. Dorothy attended school at a small town called West Fork.
Being raised on the farm most of her life, Dorothy had worked in beet and potato fields in the western part of the state.
The family moved to the Fayetteville, Arkansas area when she was a teenager and she worked on the farm.
Dorothy was united in marriage to Paul Oldham in August of 1952 in Arkansas. To this union a baby girl was born, Lois Patricia "Pat" Oldham.
She moved back to Nebraska after she was divorced.
Dorothy worked as a house keeper in the Lincoln and Seward area.
She was united in marriage to Willard Christensen on September 1, 1968 at Dannevirke, Nebraska. They were married for 28 years. Willard passed away on November 15, 1996.
Dorothy and her daughter moved to St. Paul where she has lived since.
She was a member of Christ Lutheran Church and Ladies Aid. She was also a member of the Dannevirke Dandie's Extension Club.
She is survived by her daughter, Pat Oldham of St. Paul; a step sister, Kennetha Perry; sister-in-law, Elsie Phifer; brother-in-law, Clifford Christensen; many nieces and nephews and many friends and Charlie & Tammy Smith of St. Paul.
Dorothy is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Willard, an infant sister, a brother, a half brother and a step sister.
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