Mildred Anna Jensen [42426]
- Born: 17 Jul 1909, Dannebrog, Howard County, Nebraska, United States
- Marriage (1): Thorvald C. Christensen [42425] on 8 Jun 1932 in Dannebrog, Howard County, Nebraska, United States
- Died: 16 May 2003, Osceola, Polk County, Nebraska, United States at age 93
General Notes:
Birth: Jul. 17, 1909
Howard County
Nebraska, USA Death: May 16, 2003
Central City
Merrick County
Nebraska, USA
Obituary:
Mildred A. Christensen, 03, of Grand Island died Friday, May 16 2003, at the Central City Care Home in Central City.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Messiah Lutheran Church in Grand Island. The Rev. David Zellmer will officiate. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. in the Oakridge Cemetery at Dannebrog.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul.
Mrs. Christensen was born July 17, 1909, to Carl and Camilla (Pedersen) Jessen at the family farm near Dannebrog.
Survivors of the immediate family include a son and daughter-in-law, Ron and Sharon Christensen of Osceola, and a daughter, Donna Jean Andersen of Grand Island.
Also surviving are five grandchildren and spouses, Debra and Mike Coleman, Brenda and Duane Boeke, Tiffany and Galen Mysenburg, Cindy Christensen and Randall and Jannell Andersen, six great-grandchildren and on great-great-grandchild.
Mildred received her elementary education at rural school District no. 31 near Dannebrog and attended Dannebrog High School.
On June 8 1932, she was united in marriage to Thorwald C. Christensen at Dannebrog. The couple made theirhome and farmed near Dannebrog for 40 years. In 1972, the couple retired and moved to Grand Island. For the last three years, Mildred and her husband resided at the Central City Care Center. Mr. Christensen preceded her in death on March 31, 2003.
She was a member of Messiah Lutheran Church of Grand Island.
She was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Thorwald.
Memorials are suggested to the Messiah Lutheran Church in Grand Island.
Mildred married Thorvald C. Christensen [42425] [MRIN: 15258], son of Niels Christensen [41807] and Maren Petersen [41808], on 8 Jun 1932 in Dannebrog, Howard County, Nebraska, United States. (Thorvald C. Christensen [42425] was born on 25 Sep 1904 in Boelus, Howard County, Nebraska, United States and died on 31 Mar 2003 in Central City, Merrick County, Nebraska, United States.)
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