RITES FOR MRS. CHRISTIANSEN
KENNARD WOMAN, 88, BORN IN DENMARK
LIVED IN THIS COUNTY 62 YEARS
Rites were held last Thursday afternoon for Mrs. Petrine Christiansen, 88, a brief account of whose death on June 14 was published in last week’s Pilot-Tribune. The funeral was held at the Washington Community Church, the Rev. P. L. Thorslev of Kennard’s Emmaus Lutheran Church officiating. Interment under direction of the Bendorf Funeral Home of Blair was in Prairie View Cemetery. Six grandsons were pallbearers.
Long interested in affairs of her community, Mrs. Christiansen had resided near Kennard for 62 years.
Mrs. Christiansen was born Apr. 27, 1860, at Thorning, Denmark, where she was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. She and her husband, Peter Christiansen, came to American in 1884. They resided in Omaha two years, and then moved to a Washington County farm, where Mr. Christiansen died in 1920.
Six children, four sons and two daughters were born to the Christiansen’s. A daughter died in infancy, and one son, Jens, died in March 1947.
Surviving Mrs. Christiansen are one daughter, Mrs. Miller Nielsen (Mary) of Kennard; and three sons, Chris, Andrew, and Anton Christiansen, all of Kennard. There are ten grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
* * * Obit provided by, and used with the permission of, the Wash. Co. Geo. Soc., Blair, NE ~ Thank you * * *
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KENNARD WOMAN, 88, BORN IN DENMARK
LIVED IN THIS COUNTY 62 YEARS
Rites were held last Thursday afternoon for Mrs. Petrine Christiansen, 88, a brief account of whose death on June 14 was published in last week’s Pilot-Tribune. The funeral was held at the Washington Community Church, the Rev. P. L. Thorslev of Kennard’s Emmaus Lutheran Church officiating. Interment under direction of the Bendorf Funeral Home of Blair was in Prairie View Cemetery. Six grandsons were pallbearers.
Long interested in affairs of her community, Mrs. Christiansen had resided near Kennard for 62 years.
Mrs. Christiansen was born Apr. 27, 1860, at Thorning, Denmark, where she was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. She and her husband, Peter Christiansen, came to American in 1884. They resided in Omaha two years, and then moved to a Washington County farm, where Mr. Christiansen died in 1920.
Six children, four sons and two daughters were born to the Christiansen’s. A daughter died in infancy, and one son, Jens, died in March 1947.
Surviving Mrs. Christiansen are one daughter, Mrs. Miller Nielsen (Mary) of Kennard; and three sons, Chris, Andrew, and Anton Christiansen, all of Kennard. There are ten grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
* * * Obit provided by, and used with the permission of, the Wash. Co. Geo. Soc., Blair, NE ~ Thank you * * *
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RITES FOR MRS. CHRISTIANSEN
KENNARD WOMAN, 88, BORN IN DENMARK
LIVED IN THIS COUNTY 62 YEARS
Rites were held last Thursday afternoon for Mrs. Petrine Christiansen, 88, a brief account of whose death on June 14 was published in last week’s Pilot-Tribune. The funeral was held at the Washington Community Church, the Rev. P. L. Thorslev of Kennard’s Emmaus Lutheran Church officiating. Interment under direction of the Bendorf Funeral Home of Blair was in Prairie View Cemetery. Six grandsons were pallbearers.
Long interested in affairs of her community, Mrs. Christiansen had resided near Kennard for 62 years.
Mrs. Christiansen was born Apr. 27, 1860, at Thorning, Denmark, where she was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. She and her husband, Peter Christiansen, came to American in 1884. They resided in Omaha two years, and then moved to a Washington County farm, where Mr. Christiansen died in 1920.
Six children, four sons and two daughters were born to the Christiansen’s. A daughter died in infancy, and one son, Jens, died in March 1947.
Surviving Mrs. Christiansen are one daughter, Mrs. Miller Nielsen (Mary) of Kennard; and three sons, Chris, Andrew, and Anton Christiansen, all of Kennard. There are ten grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
* * * Obit provided by, and used with the permission of, the Wash. Co. Geo. Soc., Blair, NE ~ Thank you * * *
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KENNARD WOMAN, 88, BORN IN DENMARK
LIVED IN THIS COUNTY 62 YEARS
Rites were held last Thursday afternoon for Mrs. Petrine Christiansen, 88, a brief account of whose death on June 14 was published in last week’s Pilot-Tribune. The funeral was held at the Washington Community Church, the Rev. P. L. Thorslev of Kennard’s Emmaus Lutheran Church officiating. Interment under direction of the Bendorf Funeral Home of Blair was in Prairie View Cemetery. Six grandsons were pallbearers.
Long interested in affairs of her community, Mrs. Christiansen had resided near Kennard for 62 years.
Mrs. Christiansen was born Apr. 27, 1860, at Thorning, Denmark, where she was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church. She and her husband, Peter Christiansen, came to American in 1884. They resided in Omaha two years, and then moved to a Washington County farm, where Mr. Christiansen died in 1920.
Six children, four sons and two daughters were born to the Christiansen’s. A daughter died in infancy, and one son, Jens, died in March 1947.
Surviving Mrs. Christiansen are one daughter, Mrs. Miller Nielsen (Mary) of Kennard; and three sons, Chris, Andrew, and Anton Christiansen, all of Kennard. There are ten grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
* * * Obit provided by, and used with the permission of, the Wash. Co. Geo. Soc., Blair, NE ~ Thank you * * *
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