1929
Kenneth
2013
Kenneth L. Christensen
August 30, 1929 — October 29, 2013
Kenneth L. Christensen, 84, of St. Paul died Tuesday, October 29, 2013 at the Howard County Medical Center in St. Paul.
Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday at Grace Baptist Church in St. Paul. The Reverends Pat Moore and Donald Lovell will officiate.
Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery in St. Paul.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Friday at Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul.
Memorials are suggested to the family's choice.
Mr. Christensen was born August 30, 1929 in Central City to Chris P. and Helen (Swanson) Christensen.
Kenneth attended St. Paul High School where he graduated in 1946. He then attended Nebraska Wesleyan University for a year before attending St. Paul Bible College in St. Paul, MN where he graduated in 1950. He received his BA degree in English from Taylor University in Upland, IN in 1951. Upon graduation he served as a pastor for two years in Des Moines.
Kenneth was united in marriage to Eleanor Epp on July 17, 1953 in Lincoln.
Kenneth and Eleanor founded Grace Baptist Church in St. Paul in 1953 and he served as pastor for the next 18 years. For the following 20 years, he worked for the Nebraska Department of Social Services.
Kenneth lived in St. Paul for his entire life except for the time he was in school or when he and Eleanor traveled.
Hobbies he enjoyed were wood carving, sign painting, golfing, hunting, donating his time to the baseball museum in St. Paul and traveling which included trips to Canada, Mexico, Philippines, Japan, Tanzania, and Europe.
He was a member of Grace Baptist Church in St. Paul for 60 years.
Survivors include his wife, Eleanor of St. Paul; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Roger Christensen of Englewood, CO, Dave and Donna Christensen of Lincoln, and Steve and Kate Christensen of Mendota Heights, MN; a daughter and son-in-law, Connie and Tom Keller of Des Moines; 10 grandchildren; 5 great grandchildren; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Wendell Christensen of Kansas City, MO and Willard and Marianne Christensen of Omaha; and a sister, Dorothy Powell of Kewanee, IL.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Douglas Christensen; granddaughter, Ellen Christensen; and two brothers, Jim and Bob Christensen.
Condolences for Kenneth's family may be left at www.jacobsengreenway.com.
Services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday at Grace Baptist Church in St. Paul. The Reverends Pat Moore and Donald Lovell will officiate.
Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery in St. Paul.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Friday at Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul.
Memorials are suggested to the family's choice.
Mr. Christensen was born August 30, 1929 in Central City to Chris P. and Helen (Swanson) Christensen.
Kenneth attended St. Paul High School where he graduated in 1946. He then attended Nebraska Wesleyan University for a year before attending St. Paul Bible College in St. Paul, MN where he graduated in 1950. He received his BA degree in English from Taylor University in Upland, IN in 1951. Upon graduation he served as a pastor for two years in Des Moines.
Kenneth was united in marriage to Eleanor Epp on July 17, 1953 in Lincoln.
Kenneth and Eleanor founded Grace Baptist Church in St. Paul in 1953 and he served as pastor for the next 18 years. For the following 20 years, he worked for the Nebraska Department of Social Services.
Kenneth lived in St. Paul for his entire life except for the time he was in school or when he and Eleanor traveled.
Hobbies he enjoyed were wood carving, sign painting, golfing, hunting, donating his time to the baseball museum in St. Paul and traveling which included trips to Canada, Mexico, Philippines, Japan, Tanzania, and Europe.
He was a member of Grace Baptist Church in St. Paul for 60 years.
Survivors include his wife, Eleanor of St. Paul; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Roger Christensen of Englewood, CO, Dave and Donna Christensen of Lincoln, and Steve and Kate Christensen of Mendota Heights, MN; a daughter and son-in-law, Connie and Tom Keller of Des Moines; 10 grandchildren; 5 great grandchildren; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Wendell Christensen of Kansas City, MO and Willard and Marianne Christensen of Omaha; and a sister, Dorothy Powell of Kewanee, IL.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Douglas Christensen; granddaughter, Ellen Christensen; and two brothers, Jim and Bob Christensen.
Condolences for Kenneth's family may be left at www.jacobsengreenway.com.
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