Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Christensen, Leah (Winchell) 2002 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net May 18, 2011, 11:24 am Ionia Sentinel, Dec 2002 Leah Christensen, 90, passed away Monday, Dec. 9. 2002, at her home in Hillsdale. Leah was born Sept. 20, 1912 in Ionia, to Dr. C. G. and Helen (Eddy) Winchell. She was a 1930 graduate of Ionia High School, a 1931 graduate of the University of Michigan dental hygienist program, a member of First Christian Church of Ionia, active in the ladies society of the church, and she volunteered at the hospital. On Aug. 20, 1933 she married Carl Christensen. He passed away April 30, 2002. Surviving are one daughter, Dr. Fred (Carolyn) Shiery of Camden; one son, Dr. J. F. (Ann) Christensen of Buchanan; one sister, Esther Louise VanDalen of Midland; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Also preceding her in death were two brothers and one sister. Graveside services are 2 p.m., Thursday at Balcolm Cemetery in Ionia with the Reverend Don Lee officiating. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of Hillsdale County or the donor’s choice. Arrangements by George White Funeral Home in Reading. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/christen11996nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb