Charles August Christen, proprietor of the Christen Grocery store at Van Zandt and a member of the Church of God died at a Bellingham hospital today, Friday,
after a long illness.
Mr. Christen had lived in the county for thirty-two years
and was 59 years of age at the time of his passing. Surviving relatives are his widow, Mrs. Martha Christen, one son, Leonard, of Glacier, five daughters, Mrs.
Vera Bonner, Deming; Mrs. Anna Grappe, of Bellingham; Mrs. Lois Sanford, of Glacier; Miss Evelyn and Christen, at the family home.
He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Johana Christen of Glacier; four brothers two sisters and seven
grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon from the Bingham-Dahlquist funeral parlors in Bellingham, with interment in the Van Zandt
cemetery. Rev. J. W. Frazier and Rev. James Sawyer will officiate.
(From The Deming Prospector, January 7, 1938)
Charles August Christen, proprietor of the Christen Grocery store at Van Zandt and a member of the Church of God died at a Bellingham hospital today, Friday,
after a long illness.
Mr. Christen had lived in the county for thirty-two years
and was 59 years of age at the time of his passing. Surviving relatives are his widow, Mrs. Martha Christen, one son, Leonard, of Glacier, five daughters, Mrs.
Vera Bonner, Deming; Mrs. Anna Grappe, of Bellingham; Mrs. Lois Sanford, of Glacier; Miss Evelyn and Christen, at the family home.
He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Johana Christen of Glacier; four brothers two sisters and seven
grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon from the Bingham-Dahlquist funeral parlors in Bellingham, with interment in the Van Zandt
cemetery. Rev. J. W. Frazier and Rev. James Sawyer will officiate.
(From The Deming Prospector, January 7, 1938)
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