Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Christensen, Peter August 11, 1949 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net May 6, 2010, 8:26 pm The Ionia County News, Thursday, August 18, 1949 Peter Christensen, 77, Harter Street, died in the Ionia Convalescent Home at 5:30 Thursday afternoon, August 11. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Christensen, he was born in Denmark, October 18, 1871, and came to Michigan when a lad of 19, and to Ionia in 1918. On August 21, 1875 he was married to Pauline Bluemley of Easton, and they celebrated their golden wedding in 1945. He was employed by the Ypsilanti Reed Furniture Company for over 20 years. He is survived by Mrs. Christensen, a son Ivan of Detroit, a daughter, Mrs. Lillian Lambert of Bremerhaven, Germany, and a sister Mrs. Louis Rover of Denmark. Rev. Howard A. Smith of the First Methodist Church officiated at the funeral service, held from Boynton’s, Monday afternoon. Bears were Justus Christensen, Ernest Christensen, Floyd Stahl, Harry Whipple, Leonard Miller and Samuel Keller. Burial was in Easton cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/christen3730nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb