Walter Erwin CHRISTIANSON

1921 - 2008  (86 years)

• Name	Walter Erwin CHRISTIANSON
  Birth	6 Sep 1921	Norman County, Minnesota
  Gender	Male
  Minnesota Birth Certificate	1921-22864
  Death	25 Feb 2008	Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  	Minnesota Veterans’ Home in Fergus Falls
  Burial	Oak Grove Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  Notes	Born Joseph Walter Christianson. Walter Erwin Christianson, 86, of Fergus Falls, died Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. ?He was born Sept. 6, 1921, in rural Norman County near Fertile, the son of Carl and Clara (Rude) Christianson. He attended school in rural Fertile and later Minot, N.D., and graduated in 1941, from Hillcrest Lutheran Academy in Fergus Falls. He was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1944, and was stationed with the 54th Armored Infantry Battalian 10th Armored Division of General Patton’s 3rd Army, serving in the European Theatre Operation, receiving numerous decorations for his service. He was discharged in 1946 and returned to Fergus Falls.?On Sept. 6, 1945, he married Dorothy Kilde at Bethel Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls. He enrolled in the Palmer School of Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa, graduating in April of 1948. ?He later attended the Northwestern College of Chiropractic in Minneapolis, completing his degree in 1950. He returned to Fergus Falls, working for Waylander Chiropractic Office. He later purchased the practice where he worked until his retirement in 1986. ?Walter was an active member of Bethel Lutheran Church, where he served as elder and treasurer, was involved with Sunday School and for many years served as church organist. Walter was a member of the Gideons, American Guild of Organists, Fergus Falls Kiwanis, Veteran Service Organizations and the Sons of Norway.?Walter will be remembered as a patient and gentle man, strong in his faith, a loving and dedicated family member, with a gift of music. ?Preceding him in death were his wife, Dorothy in 1995; two sisters, Florence Haugen and Lillian Strand; and three brothers, Charles, Allen and Arland Christianson. ?Survivors include his children, Steven (Diane) Christianson, and Joan (Bruce) Ver Steeg of Fergus Falls, Heidi (Kurt) Mortenson of Underwood, and Chuck (Ramona Jacobs) Christianson of Fergus Falls; six grandchildren, Trevor (Katy) Christianson, Titus (Mindy) Christianson, James (Lucinda) Ver Steeg, Heidi (Ryan) Retzlaff, Christopher Mortenson, Karin Mortenson; two great-grandchildren due in April; and one brother, Gene Christianson of Portland, Ore.; several sisters and brothers-in-law, Sylvia and Everald Strom, Cordelia and Duane Trones, Ardith and Raymond Seaver, Mary Jo Kilde, and John and Janet Kilde; and numerous nieces and nephews. ?Memorials are preferred to the Bethel Lutheran Church Organ Fund, Gideons, and Young Life OTC. ?Visitation: Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m., with a prayer service at 6:30 p.m., at the funeral home, and one hour prior to the service at the church.?Service: 11 a.m. Thursday, at Bethel Lutheran Church, Fergus Falls?Clergy: Revs. Ed Monson and John Kilde, and Chaplain Greg Hayek?Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Fergus Falls, with military honors provided by the Fergus Falls American Legion and VFW?Funeral Home: Olson Funeral Home in Fergus Falls?
  Person ID	I10060	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2012

  
  

  Family	Dorothy Marcella KILDE,   b. 23 Sep 1921, Otter Tail County, Minnesota d. 7 Jul 1995, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	6 Sep 1945	Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F7196	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2011