Dorothy Christenson

Funeral services for Dorothy Irene Christenson will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, July 20, 2015 at Seventh Day Adventist Church in Albert Lea.  Pastor Marshall Bowers will officiate.  Interment will be at the Bath Cemetery.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church.  
Dorothy died Saturday July 11th at Parkview Care Center in Buffalo.  
Dorothy Irene Evans was born on December 16, 1923 at home in Medford MN to John & Eva Grace Evans.
She attended grades 1-3 in Medford, Grades 4-8 in Matawan & grades 8 - 10 in New Richland MN.
On August 23, 1941 she married Raymond Martin Christenson of Bath MN at New Richland MN. When Darlene was 3 Months old (Feb 1943) she took her baby by train to Portland/Vanport City, Oregon where Ray was working in the Swan Island Shipyards.  They all came back to MN in Aug 1943 and lived in the home Ray built at Bath Township MN.
She was a housewife for many years plus a 4-H leader, and always supported her daughters in their school activities. In 1959 she started working  as a Nursing Assistant at Good Samaritan Albert Lea MN for 15 years and while there took a class and became a CMT. She retired from Good Sam in 1974. She worked for Senior Companion through Senior Resources of Freeborn County.  She also volunteered for the Naeve Hospital Auxiliary.  She had 2637.5 hours of volunteer service.
She loved to crochet, knit, and bake.  She knit hundreds of baby caps for the newborns at Naeve Hospital, Albert Lea, MN.
They lived Rural Ellendale from 1941 to 1994 and then moved to Geneva until Raymond’s death in 1996
Dorothy then moved to Albert Lea.  In 2001 she married Arnold Lund.  That marriage ended in Dec 2010.
Dorothy was a long time member of the Albert Lea Seventh-day Adventist church. She taught in the children’s classes, was a Dorcas leader and helped where ever needed.
Dorothy will be remembered by her beautiful smile.  She loved everyone and everyone loved her.
Dorothy is survived by daughters Darlene (Leo) Lombard-Dassel MN & Alvina(Jim) Cook-Albertville MN; grandchildren, Marie Lombard IA, Loretta(Jere) Clayburn NC, Lyndon (Wendy) Lombard ME, Andrew (Audrey) Cook OR & Betsy(Les) Morrison MN; great-grandchildren Jolene & Tyler Clayburn, Christopher and Nicole Lombard, Abigail & Allison Cook.  Also a sister, Ethel Kaplan MN & brother, Robert  (Lila)Evans UT, Sister-in-laws-Betty Evans MN & Agnes Christensen MN, brothers-in-law Wally Berntson CO., and Luther Whitehurst, Texas.  Several nieces and nephews.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Raymond, 2 infant sons, sisters: Shirley Whitehurst, Catherine Greenwood, Maxine Berntson, brothers Kenneth Evans & Donald Evans.