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Author: wilsonje19
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Lula M. Schmidt, daughter of Soren and Anna (Kerr) Christensen, was born December 24, 1918 in Pocahontas County, Iowa. She attended school in Plover and Des Moines Township.
On September 25, 1935 Lula was united in marriage to William H. Schmidt at the Lutheran Church in Mallard, Iowa. To this union a son, Roger, was born. Bill and Lula farmed north of Curlew for a few years before moving to a farm northwest of Curlew. In 1972 they moved to Emmetsburg.
Lula worked at the Emmetsburg Community School for twenty six years. In 1961 she began helping her husband with custodial work at the Middle School later transferring to West Elementary where she worked in the lunch room. After that Lula went to South Elementary where she was a teacher's aide and did custodial work. She then completed her twenty six years doing laundry and working in the lunch room at the high school. She was truly loved by all of the students at the schools.
Lula attended Grace Baptist Church in Emmetsburg and the Curlew First Baptist Church. Lula loved going traveling with Bill and going to Thurston's every Friday night for dinner. She was an avid Minnesota Twins fan and she enjoyed doing crossword puzzles. Lula loved children, especially her grandchildren, great grandchildren and nieces and nephews. She enjoyed going to their ball games and watching them show calves during the 4-H fair. She also looked forward to the weekends when they would spent the night with her.
Lula died Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at the Emmetsburg Care Center at the age of 89. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; sisters, Lura McGuffin, Nelva Hansen, Fern Muldoon, Beulah Hubbell, Alvena Christensen and Merle Kauffman; and brothers, Harold Christensen, Warren Christensen and Robert Christensen.
She is survived by her son, Roger (Lucille) Schmidt of Mesa, AZ; grandchildren, Kent (Laurie) Schmidt of Medical Lake, WA, Jillayne (Mike) Boyd of LeMars, IA, David (Joyce) Schmidt of Sioux Falls, SD and Jerilyn (Cody) Hershey of Gilbert, AZ; great grandchildren, Josiah Schmidt, Katelynn Schmidt, Emily Schmidt, Mari Schmidt, Brittani Boyd, Beth Boyd, Austin Schmidt, Dakota Hershey, and Bria Hershey; sisters-in-law, Marge Schmidt, Jenny Christensen, IA and Doris Christensen; as well as many other relatives and friends.
SERVICE
Grace Baptist Church
Emmetsburg, Iowa
Friday, November 28, 2008, 11:00 A.M.
INTERMENT
West Bend Cemetery
West Bend, Iowa
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Author: TCouts
Surnames: gould, christensen,Adams, Ocarroll
Classification: queries
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Possible Peter born 1857
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Author: jchristensen64
Surnames: Larsen Christensen Nielsdatter Sørensdatter Christensdatter
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I'm looking for any information on the decendants of my great great grandfather Christen Larsen B: May 1807 D: 24 May 1867, in Hæstrup Sogn, Hjørring Married Ane Margrethe Nielsdatter b: 1816 Astrup Sogn Arhus Amt, married on 22 Sep 1840 at Astrup Kirke (church) Arhus Amt.Chidren:
Else Marie Christensen Hæstrup B: 05 May 1840
Karen Marie Christensen Hæstrup B: 30 Jun 1842
Christine Christensen Hæstrup B: 24 Sep 1846 D: 23 Oct 1874
Laura Christensdatter B: 21 Nov 1849 D: 17 Sep 1905
Niels Peter Christensen B: 09 Nov 1852
Lars Peter Christensen B: 09 Jan 1855 D: 1930 Iowa USA
Anders Peter Christensen B: 30 Oct 1857
Any information will be greatly appreciated
J. Christensen
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Author: krystinbaker
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I do not know if this is helpful at all, but my fiancee grew up in Klamath, OR but his dad is originally from Long Beach.
His name is Edwin Oren Christensen. Edwin's father is Edward P Christensen.
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Author: WHudson1061
Surnames: Christensen, Jorgensen
Classification: queries
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Hi,
We have a lot of information on this family in our database.
Alfred Theodor Marinus Christensen was born October 25, 1895 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey. He was baptized in St. Stephens Danish Lutheran Church in Perth Amboy on January 10, 1896. His parents were: Niels Christensen (1864-) and Elise Katrine Kristine Jorgensen (1871-). Alfred had 3 sisters (Anna, Lydia, Nora) and 3 brothers (Einar, Wesley, Vernon).
You can contact us directly and we can provide you the information on the family in New Jersey and Denmark.
Wendy
Wendy Hansen Hudson
DANE - Danish Archive North East
webpage: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njdane/index.html
direct email: whudson(a)netlabs.net
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