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Pilot Tribune

MOTHER OF 13 IS DEAD

Mrs. Kristina Marie Christensen of Omaha, a onetime Blairite and widow of the late K.T. Christensen died Monday at Immanual Hospital in Omaha at the age of 67. She was the mother of 13 children, all of whom survive her. Her Husband died a year ago. Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. today (Thursday at the Lutheran church of Our Redeemer, 24th and Larimore Sts., in Omaha. Burial is to be in Springwell Cemetery. The remains will lie in state at Kremer Funeral Home in Bensen until Thursday noon. Mrs. Christensen was born in Denmark Nov. 14, 1883, and came to came to the United States at the age of 6. She and Mr. Christensen were Married in 1899, and since then add spent most of their time farming near Blair. Surviving Mrs. Christensen are seven daughters, Mrs. Ralph Wilson of Los Angeles, Mrs. O. W. Sanders of Kansas City, Mo., Mr. W.D. Swanson, Mrs. Frank Simet, Mrs. Norbert Thirtle, and Mrs. Betty Lake, all of Omaha; six sons, J. Pete, Chris T., Fred V., Oscar T., Marshall H., Merrill R., all of Omaha; one brother, Nels P. Christensen of Kennard; 36 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren.

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Kristina Marie Christensen Christensen was the daughter of Ida Simmsen and Stepdaughter of Christian Nielsen Christiansen. She was born Nov. 14, 1883 in Denmark. Church records in Denmark show her father to be Henrick Andreasen. Kristina married Kristen Torvald "KT" Christensen December 30,1899 in Orum, Nebraska.

The union of Kirstine Marie Chrisensen and Kresten Trovald Christensen was blessed with a large family:

1) Ida Margaret Christensen 1899 - 1979
-- 1st Husband: (Dick) Richard King
-- 2nd Husband: Ralph Harper Wilson 1884 - 1978

2) Jens Peter (Pete) Christensen 1911 - 1974
-- Ruth B. Thompson 1893 - 1989

3) Anna Grace Christensen 1903 - 1984
-- Oscar William Sander 1899 - 1971

4) Marie Christine Christensen 1904 - 1983
-- Axel Walter Dewey Swanson 1898 - 1965

5) Alma Solphie Christensen 1905 - 1984
-- 1st Husband: Cecil M. Hemmerling 1922 - 1998
-- 2nd Husband: Frank Howard Simet 1898 - 1952

6) Chris Torvil Christensen 1906 - 1974
-- Agnes Fae Stricklett 1907 - 1997

7) Tillie Sena Christensen 1908 - 1972
-- Charles Millard Gollehon 1903 - 1951

8) Fred Victor Christensen 1911 - 1974
-- Mary Ann Simet 1909-1994

9) Wilma Dorthea Christensen 1914 - 1995
-- Norbert Brant Thirtle 1908 - 1968

10) William Ernest Christensen 1914 - 1915

11) Oscar Tinus Christensen 1915 - 1997
-- 1st Wife: Bernese Cynthia Smith West 1916 - 1984
-- 2nd Wife: Ruth May Petersen Smith 1922 - 2009
-- 3rd Wife: Helen L Alexander Reid 1915 - 1967

12) Merrill Richard Christensen 1919 - 1965
-- Ruth Arlene Hansen 1920 - 2003

13) Marshall Howard Christensen 1919 - 1985
-- Alice Louise Matzen 1915 - 1994

14) Betty Lorraine Christensen 1927 - 1986
* Betty was adopted by her grand-parents.
* Betty was the biological daughter of Jens Peter (Pete) Christensen and ? MacWithey.
-- 1st Husband: Donald Henry Lake 1906 - 1951
-- 2nd Husband: Donald George Brott 1921 - 1997
-- 3rd Husband: Frank Albert Nejdl 1916 - 2004
-- 4th Husband: Donald George Brott 1906-1951