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Reba Priscilla <I>Benedict</I> Christensen

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Reba Priscilla Benedict Christensen

Birth
Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota, USA
Death
8 Jul 1968 (aged 83)
Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, USA
Burial
Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 7 Block 184 Lot 6
Memorial ID
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Full name, birth and death place suggested by member 46783109.
No source found to verify exact place.
Full name matches FamilySearch record GSJP-FBC.

Suggested edit: Rites Thursday for Former Resident
Mrs. Reba Christensen, former resident of Kenmare, and in more recent years a resident of the Lutheran Home and the Americana Nursing Home in Minot, passed away at Minot, Monday evening. She had been semi-invalid for many years.
Funeral Services will be held from Nazareth Lutheran Church in Kenmare, Thursday at 1 p.m., with the Rev. Stan Rosengren officiating. Interment will be made in the Rosehill Memorial Park in Minot. The Ringen-Sorensen Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Gorn at Goodwin, South Dakota, July 29, 1884, she came to Carpio with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Benedict, when they homesteaded in 1902.
She taught in area schools and moved to Kenmare about 1920 and was employed as a bookkeeper until her marriage there, on May 31, 1923, to Christian Bernard Christensen, of Minot. After Mr. Christensen's death on June 8, 1926, she returned to Kenmare and resided there until about 1950 when she moved to the Lutheran Home.
Surviving are a son Cyril, of Edina, Minnesota and a daughter Mrs. Marshall Tippets of Ukiah, California., and two step-daughters, Mrs. Howard Hall of inverness, Montana and Mrs. Gayle Cartright of Long Beach, California. There are six grandchildren.
She was predeceased by one step-daughter, three brothers and two sisters.
Mrs. Christensen was a member of Nazareth Lutheran Church.
Kenmare News, Kenmare, ND
Wednesday, July 10, 1968
Contributor: Contributor: J.B. Mogren

North Dakota death index.
CHRISTENSEN, REBA P 07/08/1968 Ward FEMALE 83 Years 07/00/1884

North Dakota, U.S., State Death Certificates, 1908-2007
Reba Prisilla Christensen [Reba Prisilla Benedict]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 83
Birth Date: 29 Jul 1884
Birth Place: So Dak
Death Date: 8 Jul 1968
Death Place: Minot, Ward, North Dakota, USA
Father: Allen Benedict
Mother: Elizabeth Benedict (Simons on image)
Spouse: Deceased
Certificate Number: 3203

North Dakota Census, 1925
Minot, Ward, North Dakota, United States
Christian B Christenson U 44
Reba Christenson U 40
Florence Christenson U 11
Elizabeth Mock U 18
Gail Christenson U 7
Mildred Christenson U 9
Cyril Christenson U 1

United States Census, 1930
Reba Christensen Head F 45 South Dakota
Florence M Christensen Daughter F 16 North Dakota
Mildrid B Christensen Daughter F 14 North Dakota
Gayle C Christensen Daughter F 12 North Dakota
Cyril B Christensen Son M 5 North Dakota
Zella-Dawn R Christensen Daughter F 3 North Dakota
Will transfer to family.

Full name, birth and death place suggested by member 46783109.
No source found to verify exact place.
Full name matches FamilySearch record GSJP-FBC.

Suggested edit: Rites Thursday for Former Resident
Mrs. Reba Christensen, former resident of Kenmare, and in more recent years a resident of the Lutheran Home and the Americana Nursing Home in Minot, passed away at Minot, Monday evening. She had been semi-invalid for many years.
Funeral Services will be held from Nazareth Lutheran Church in Kenmare, Thursday at 1 p.m., with the Rev. Stan Rosengren officiating. Interment will be made in the Rosehill Memorial Park in Minot. The Ringen-Sorensen Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Gorn at Goodwin, South Dakota, July 29, 1884, she came to Carpio with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Benedict, when they homesteaded in 1902.
She taught in area schools and moved to Kenmare about 1920 and was employed as a bookkeeper until her marriage there, on May 31, 1923, to Christian Bernard Christensen, of Minot. After Mr. Christensen's death on June 8, 1926, she returned to Kenmare and resided there until about 1950 when she moved to the Lutheran Home.
Surviving are a son Cyril, of Edina, Minnesota and a daughter Mrs. Marshall Tippets of Ukiah, California., and two step-daughters, Mrs. Howard Hall of inverness, Montana and Mrs. Gayle Cartright of Long Beach, California. There are six grandchildren.
She was predeceased by one step-daughter, three brothers and two sisters.
Mrs. Christensen was a member of Nazareth Lutheran Church.
Kenmare News, Kenmare, ND
Wednesday, July 10, 1968
Contributor: Contributor: J.B. Mogren

North Dakota death index.
CHRISTENSEN, REBA P 07/08/1968 Ward FEMALE 83 Years 07/00/1884

North Dakota, U.S., State Death Certificates, 1908-2007
Reba Prisilla Christensen [Reba Prisilla Benedict]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 83
Birth Date: 29 Jul 1884
Birth Place: So Dak
Death Date: 8 Jul 1968
Death Place: Minot, Ward, North Dakota, USA
Father: Allen Benedict
Mother: Elizabeth Benedict (Simons on image)
Spouse: Deceased
Certificate Number: 3203

North Dakota Census, 1925
Minot, Ward, North Dakota, United States
Christian B Christenson U 44
Reba Christenson U 40
Florence Christenson U 11
Elizabeth Mock U 18
Gail Christenson U 7
Mildred Christenson U 9
Cyril Christenson U 1

United States Census, 1930
Reba Christensen Head F 45 South Dakota
Florence M Christensen Daughter F 16 North Dakota
Mildrid B Christensen Daughter F 14 North Dakota
Gayle C Christensen Daughter F 12 North Dakota
Cyril B Christensen Son M 5 North Dakota
Zella-Dawn R Christensen Daughter F 3 North Dakota


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