Walter Carl Christensen
1898 - 1956 (57 years)Person ID: I7056 "Hessevaag-Bakke" | Last Modified: 25 Mar 2022
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Name Walter Carl Christensen Gender Male Birth 25 Nov 1898 Parker, Turner County, South Dakota, USA 
Died 3 Oct 1956 Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA [1] 
BuriedLakeview Cemetery, Kenmare, Ward County, North Dakota, USA -
Family
Wife Maria Albertina Davick (ID:I7047)
b. 5 Nov 1893, Woonsocket, Sanborn County, South Dakota, USA
d. 22 May 1988, Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA (Age 94 years)
Children + 1. Llewellyn David Christensen (ID:I7258)
b. 9 Oct 1924, Kenmare, Ward County, North Dakota, USA
d. 9 Nov 1996, Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, USA (Age 72 years)▻ Marjorie Ann Aamodt m. 18 Feb 1956+ 2. Walter Curtis Christensen (ID:I7259)
b. Yes, date unknown, Kenmare, Ward County, North Dakota, USA+ 3. 
Myrna Louise Christensen (ID:I7260)
b. 7 Mar 1930, Kenmare, Ward County, North Dakota, USA
d. 8 Apr 2012, Lake Forest, Lake County, Illinois, USA (Age 82 years)▻ Weston Christopherson m. 8 Jun 1951; Leonard Kline m. 20 Nov 2000+ 4. Carol Jean Christensen (ID:I7261)
b. 25 May 1932, Kenmare, Ward County, North Dakota, USA
d. 9 Dec 2007, Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, USA (Age 75 years)▻ Myron Eugene Bothun m. 20 Jun 1954 -
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Event Map
Birth - 25 Nov 1898 - Parker, Turner County, South Dakota, USA 
Died - 3 Oct 1956 - Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA 
Buried - - Lakeview Cemetery, Kenmare, Ward County, North Dakota, USA = Link to Google Earth 
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Source Citations
- [FIND-A-GRAVE] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8987346/walter-carl-christensen.
WALTER CARL CHRISTENSEN was the fifth child of seven children born to Lars Christian Christensen and Louise Lisette Dorthea Augusta Walther, Danish immigrants. He was born Nov. 25, 1898 in Parker, Turner County, SD; He died Oct. 3, 1956 in Tulsa, OK of cardiac failure. He was in Tulsa attending a convention concerning state fairs; His funeral was held at the Nazareth Lutheran Church in Kenmare. He was buried Oct. 8, 1956 in Lakeview Cemetery, Kenmare, ND
On October 13, 1921, in Kenmare, ND he married Marie Albertina Davick b. Woonsocket, SD Nov. 5, 1893 daughter of Peter Davick and Cristiana Leffdahl, immigrants from Norway.
Walter was a farmer and homesteaded in Baden Township near Kenmare, ND. He graduated from the Danish High School for boys near Kenmare, ND. His mother, Louise, needed him to farm his parents homestead after Lars died.
Walter was active in state and local politics. He was a county commissioner. Part of his job was to serve on the North Dakota State Fair Board. During his leisure time, he loved to play cards Pinochle, Wisk, Bridge and Poker.
He also served on the Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors. Both Walter and Marie were active in the country Nazareth Lutheran Church, Kenmare, ND and the Danish Church. Walt would leave an hour before church services to start the fire at the Our Savior's Lutheran Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lars and Louise (Walther) Christensen, and is survived by his wife, and four children plus several grandchildren. Listed here are his children.
1. Llewellyn(Lee) David Christensen
2. Walter Curtis Christensen
3. Myrna Louisa Christensen
4. Carol Jean Christensen
