Our mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away quietly at home on Dec. 6 2009.
Mary Lou was born June 14, 1921, to Alma John Hoggan and Ellen Jardine in Lewisville, Idaho. She was the fifth of eight children. She was raised on a farm near Lewisville, Idaho, by a loving family with eight children.
Mary Lou graduated from Midway High School in 1939. She attended Ricks College and graduated in 1943. She started her teaching in St. Leon (Idaho Falls) for two years and then Downey, Idaho, where she met Willis W. Christiansen, recently returned from service in World War II. They were married in Libby, Mont., on Dec. 26, 1945, and sealed for time and all eternity in the Idaho Falls Temple in May 1946. Willis and Mary Lou lived in Libby, Mont.; Colville, Wash.; and Preston, Idaho, before moving to Jerome County to homestead a farm in Hunt in 1949. There they raised four children, Neal of Jerome, Michael (Anette) of Hailey, Eric (Bev) of Provo, Utah, and Coy (Larry) Cisney of Roy, Utah. She is also survived by two sisters, Ruthe Searle of Idaho Falls and Luana (Bob) Widerburg of Idaho Falls.
Willis died in 1976, but Mary Lou continued being a wonderful mother, grandmother and teacher. She has 12 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren and three more to be born soon. She was a devoted and loving wife and mother who spent her time caring for her family, gardening, canning, needlework and teaching. Mary Lou also taught for 21 years in the Jerome School District.
Mary Lou served in many capacities in the LDS Church, serving in Primary and the Relief Society. As she got older, she especially enjoyed her work in the church library, the Church Extraction program and volunteering at the Jerome Library.
Times-News, The (Twin Falls, ID) - Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Mary Lou was born June 14, 1921, to Alma John Hoggan and Ellen Jardine in Lewisville, Idaho. She was the fifth of eight children. She was raised on a farm near Lewisville, Idaho, by a loving family with eight children.
Mary Lou graduated from Midway High School in 1939. She attended Ricks College and graduated in 1943. She started her teaching in St. Leon (Idaho Falls) for two years and then Downey, Idaho, where she met Willis W. Christiansen, recently returned from service in World War II. They were married in Libby, Mont., on Dec. 26, 1945, and sealed for time and all eternity in the Idaho Falls Temple in May 1946. Willis and Mary Lou lived in Libby, Mont.; Colville, Wash.; and Preston, Idaho, before moving to Jerome County to homestead a farm in Hunt in 1949. There they raised four children, Neal of Jerome, Michael (Anette) of Hailey, Eric (Bev) of Provo, Utah, and Coy (Larry) Cisney of Roy, Utah. She is also survived by two sisters, Ruthe Searle of Idaho Falls and Luana (Bob) Widerburg of Idaho Falls.
Willis died in 1976, but Mary Lou continued being a wonderful mother, grandmother and teacher. She has 12 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren and three more to be born soon. She was a devoted and loving wife and mother who spent her time caring for her family, gardening, canning, needlework and teaching. Mary Lou also taught for 21 years in the Jerome School District.
Mary Lou served in many capacities in the LDS Church, serving in Primary and the Relief Society. As she got older, she especially enjoyed her work in the church library, the Church Extraction program and volunteering at the Jerome Library.
Times-News, The (Twin Falls, ID) - Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Our mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away quietly at home on Dec. 6 2009.
Mary Lou was born June 14, 1921, to Alma John Hoggan and Ellen Jardine in Lewisville, Idaho. She was the fifth of eight children. She was raised on a farm near Lewisville, Idaho, by a loving family with eight children.
Mary Lou graduated from Midway High School in 1939. She attended Ricks College and graduated in 1943. She started her teaching in St. Leon (Idaho Falls) for two years and then Downey, Idaho, where she met Willis W. Christiansen, recently returned from service in World War II. They were married in Libby, Mont., on Dec. 26, 1945, and sealed for time and all eternity in the Idaho Falls Temple in May 1946. Willis and Mary Lou lived in Libby, Mont.; Colville, Wash.; and Preston, Idaho, before moving to Jerome County to homestead a farm in Hunt in 1949. There they raised four children, Neal of Jerome, Michael (Anette) of Hailey, Eric (Bev) of Provo, Utah, and Coy (Larry) Cisney of Roy, Utah. She is also survived by two sisters, Ruthe Searle of Idaho Falls and Luana (Bob) Widerburg of Idaho Falls.
Willis died in 1976, but Mary Lou continued being a wonderful mother, grandmother and teacher. She has 12 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren and three more to be born soon. She was a devoted and loving wife and mother who spent her time caring for her family, gardening, canning, needlework and teaching. Mary Lou also taught for 21 years in the Jerome School District.
Mary Lou served in many capacities in the LDS Church, serving in Primary and the Relief Society. As she got older, she especially enjoyed her work in the church library, the Church Extraction program and volunteering at the Jerome Library.
Times-News, The (Twin Falls, ID) - Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Mary Lou was born June 14, 1921, to Alma John Hoggan and Ellen Jardine in Lewisville, Idaho. She was the fifth of eight children. She was raised on a farm near Lewisville, Idaho, by a loving family with eight children.
Mary Lou graduated from Midway High School in 1939. She attended Ricks College and graduated in 1943. She started her teaching in St. Leon (Idaho Falls) for two years and then Downey, Idaho, where she met Willis W. Christiansen, recently returned from service in World War II. They were married in Libby, Mont., on Dec. 26, 1945, and sealed for time and all eternity in the Idaho Falls Temple in May 1946. Willis and Mary Lou lived in Libby, Mont.; Colville, Wash.; and Preston, Idaho, before moving to Jerome County to homestead a farm in Hunt in 1949. There they raised four children, Neal of Jerome, Michael (Anette) of Hailey, Eric (Bev) of Provo, Utah, and Coy (Larry) Cisney of Roy, Utah. She is also survived by two sisters, Ruthe Searle of Idaho Falls and Luana (Bob) Widerburg of Idaho Falls.
Willis died in 1976, but Mary Lou continued being a wonderful mother, grandmother and teacher. She has 12 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren and three more to be born soon. She was a devoted and loving wife and mother who spent her time caring for her family, gardening, canning, needlework and teaching. Mary Lou also taught for 21 years in the Jerome School District.
Mary Lou served in many capacities in the LDS Church, serving in Primary and the Relief Society. As she got older, she especially enjoyed her work in the church library, the Church Extraction program and volunteering at the Jerome Library.
Times-News, The (Twin Falls, ID) - Tuesday, December 8, 2009
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