Obituary Record

Henry L. Christensen
Died on 5/16/1996

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Services for Henry L. Christensen Sr., 92, who died May 16, 1996 at Yuma Life Care Center in Yuma, Colorado, were Saturday, May 18 at the Spellman-Schmidt Baucke Mortuary. Burial was in the Yuma Cemetery.

Henry L. Christensen was born in Washington, Nebraska December 29, 1903 to George and Annie Pate Christensen. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran church in Sterling, Colorado.

He worked on a farm and was ranch foreman most of his life.

He married Meta Elizabeth Japp in Council Bluffs, Iowa November 15, 1924.

He was preceded in death by an infant granddaughter, Nancy Jo Marshall; his parents; a brother, Bill and a daughter-in-law, Christine Christensen.

He is survived by his wife, Meta; a son, Henry, Jr., of Evans, Colorado; daughters, Ilene Cardwell of Evans and Joan Marshall and her husband, Ward of Yuma; grandchildren and their spouses, Rocky and Cindy Cardwell of Wiggins; Lori and Jerry Shupe, of Las Vegas, Nevada; Shannon Marshall and her fiancé, Marty Neary of Denver Colorado; Paige Marshall of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina; great-grandchildren, Kara Rulla of LaSalle, Colorado; Nikki Rulla of Ecuador, South America; Mandy Cardwell, Jeremy Cardwell, Mallory Cardwell and Caleb Cardwell, all of Wiggins; brothers, Howard and Oliver; sisters, Hazel Gregerson, Mabel Nelson and Ruby Chapman and nieces, nephews and friends.

Memorials may be directed to the Yuma Life Care Center.

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