Obituary - Dorothy J. Christensen, 91, of Berrien Springs, Michigan died Sunday, January 25, 1998, at Jordan's Nursing Home, Bridgman, Michigan.
Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 31, 1998 at 3 pm at the Allred Funeral Home, Berrien Springs, Michigan. The cremains will be buried in Collegedale Memorial Park, Collegedale, Tennessee. Memorials may be made to Andrews University for the Otto H. and Dorothy K. Christensen Endowed Scholarship fund.
Mrs. Christensen was born October 20, 1906 in Lansing, Michigan, the daughter of Ray and Irene Kocher. She married Otto Christensen on June 30, 1925. She was a member of the Buchanan Seventh-day Adventist Church.
She was retired from teaching nutrition and home economics and from consulting as a Registered Dietitian. She had also worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse. She served her church in numerous capacities as a Bible instructor; missionary to Mongolia and North China; associate professor of home economics at Andrews University, Southern University (Tennessee), Oakwood College (Alabama), Inca Union College (Peru) and Avondale College (Australia). She established and administered Home Economics Departments at Southern University and at Oakwood College.
She was a member of the American Dietetic Association, the Seventh-day Adventist Dietetic Association, the Omicron Nu Home Economics Honor Society and the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Andrews University and a Master of Science degree in Food and Nutrition from the University of Tennessee.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Otto, on July 25, 197
Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 31, 1998 at 3 pm at the Allred Funeral Home, Berrien Springs, Michigan. The cremains will be buried in Collegedale Memorial Park, Collegedale, Tennessee. Memorials may be made to Andrews University for the Otto H. and Dorothy K. Christensen Endowed Scholarship fund.
Mrs. Christensen was born October 20, 1906 in Lansing, Michigan, the daughter of Ray and Irene Kocher. She married Otto Christensen on June 30, 1925. She was a member of the Buchanan Seventh-day Adventist Church.
She was retired from teaching nutrition and home economics and from consulting as a Registered Dietitian. She had also worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse. She served her church in numerous capacities as a Bible instructor; missionary to Mongolia and North China; associate professor of home economics at Andrews University, Southern University (Tennessee), Oakwood College (Alabama), Inca Union College (Peru) and Avondale College (Australia). She established and administered Home Economics Departments at Southern University and at Oakwood College.
She was a member of the American Dietetic Association, the Seventh-day Adventist Dietetic Association, the Omicron Nu Home Economics Honor Society and the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Andrews University and a Master of Science degree in Food and Nutrition from the University of Tennessee.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Otto, on July 25, 197
Obituary - Dorothy J. Christensen, 91, of Berrien Springs, Michigan died Sunday, January 25, 1998, at Jordan's Nursing Home, Bridgman, Michigan.
Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 31, 1998 at 3 pm at the Allred Funeral Home, Berrien Springs, Michigan. The cremains will be buried in Collegedale Memorial Park, Collegedale, Tennessee. Memorials may be made to Andrews University for the Otto H. and Dorothy K. Christensen Endowed Scholarship fund.
Mrs. Christensen was born October 20, 1906 in Lansing, Michigan, the daughter of Ray and Irene Kocher. She married Otto Christensen on June 30, 1925. She was a member of the Buchanan Seventh-day Adventist Church.
She was retired from teaching nutrition and home economics and from consulting as a Registered Dietitian. She had also worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse. She served her church in numerous capacities as a Bible instructor; missionary to Mongolia and North China; associate professor of home economics at Andrews University, Southern University (Tennessee), Oakwood College (Alabama), Inca Union College (Peru) and Avondale College (Australia). She established and administered Home Economics Departments at Southern University and at Oakwood College.
She was a member of the American Dietetic Association, the Seventh-day Adventist Dietetic Association, the Omicron Nu Home Economics Honor Society and the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Andrews University and a Master of Science degree in Food and Nutrition from the University of Tennessee.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Otto, on July 25, 197
Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 31, 1998 at 3 pm at the Allred Funeral Home, Berrien Springs, Michigan. The cremains will be buried in Collegedale Memorial Park, Collegedale, Tennessee. Memorials may be made to Andrews University for the Otto H. and Dorothy K. Christensen Endowed Scholarship fund.
Mrs. Christensen was born October 20, 1906 in Lansing, Michigan, the daughter of Ray and Irene Kocher. She married Otto Christensen on June 30, 1925. She was a member of the Buchanan Seventh-day Adventist Church.
She was retired from teaching nutrition and home economics and from consulting as a Registered Dietitian. She had also worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse. She served her church in numerous capacities as a Bible instructor; missionary to Mongolia and North China; associate professor of home economics at Andrews University, Southern University (Tennessee), Oakwood College (Alabama), Inca Union College (Peru) and Avondale College (Australia). She established and administered Home Economics Departments at Southern University and at Oakwood College.
She was a member of the American Dietetic Association, the Seventh-day Adventist Dietetic Association, the Omicron Nu Home Economics Honor Society and the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Andrews University and a Master of Science degree in Food and Nutrition from the University of Tennessee.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Otto, on July 25, 197
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