Bernice
Christensen, 84
Kenmare,
N.D. - Bernice Christensen, 84, formerly of
Thief River Falls, died Monday September 10, 2001
at Hillsboro Medical Center in Hillsboro,
N.D.
Memorial services will be held on Saturday,
September 22, at 1:30 p.m. at Nazareth Lutheran
Church in Kenmare, N.D. with Rev. Dick Owens
officiating.
Burial
was held on Thursday, September 13, at Greenwood
Cemetery in Thief River Falls.
Green
Funeral Home of Thief River Falls is in charge of
arrangements.
Bernice
Knutson was born on April 30, 1917 in Norma, N.D.,
the daughter of Knut and Torbjor (Johansdatter)
Knutson. She graduated from Kenmare (N.D.) High
School in 1936.
On
November 5, 1938, Bernice was united in marriage to
Leverne "Christy" Christensen in Kenmare. The
couple lived in Kenmare until 1958 when they moved
to Thief River Falls where they resided until 1975.
Bernice lived briefly in Oklahoma, South Dakota and
Pennsylvania before returning to Kenmare in
1983.
From
the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s, she worked as
a nurse's aide and ward secretary at Northwestern
Hospital in Thief River Falls.
Bernice
was a former member of Zion Lutheran Church in
Thief River Falls and was currently a member of
Nazareth Lutheran Church in Kenmare.
She
enjoyed needlework, reading and especially spending
time with her family.
Bernice
is survived by a son, Allen Christensen of
Stroudsburg, Penn.; two daughters, Juliet Steenson
of Eau Claire, Wisc. and Nancy (Buzz) Olson of East
Grand Forks; 12 grandchildren; 10
great-grandchildren; and several nieces and
nephews.
She
was preceded in death by her husband; a son, Larry;
a son-in-law, David Steenson; her parents; six
brothers, Carl, Theodore, Engvald, Hjalmer, George
and Kermit; and four sisters, Clara, Alice, Thelma
and Eleanor. A00003B2001SP19
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