Karen Kristenson

Abt 1969 -

• Name	Karen Kristenson
  Born	Abt 1969
  Gender	Female
  Died
  Person ID	I32103	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2012

  
  

  Family	William Hoar,   b. Abt 1967, ,   d.
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2009
  Family ID	F12702	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  [[ Her mother's obituary: Aberdeen American News (SD) - October 14, 2001 Deceased Name: BERNICE LORRAINE KRISTENSON Aberdeen --- The funeral for Bernice Lorraine Kristenson, 85, of Aberdeen and formerly of Stillwater, Minn., will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1429 N. Dakota St. The Rev. Steve Meyer will officiate. Burial will be Tuesday in Riverside Cemetery in Moorhead, Minn., with Miller-Huebl Funeral Home, 1111 S. Main St., in charge of arrangements. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home and for one hour prior to the service Monday at the church. She died Thursday, Oct. 11, 2001, at the Bethesda Home of Aberdeen. Bernice Lorraine Henrickson was born Jan. 7, 1916, to Johannes and Josephine (Nelson) Henrickson in Fort Ransom, N.D. She lived on the family farm. She completed business school in Minneapolis and worked as a secretary for the president of the Fuller Brush Company. She married Karsten J. Kristenson in 1942. They served Lutheran parishes in Pembina, N.D., and in Minnesota towns including Hallock, Willmar, Henning, Wanamingo, Kenyon and Winona. In 1980 they retired in Moorhead, where they continued to serve parishes on a supply basis. She used her musical abilities in those parishes, including accompanying her husband's solos on the piano, playing the organ for worship services and singing in the choir. While living in Kenyon, she worked with deaf children at the state school in Faribault, Minn. He died in 1983. She moved to Stillwater in 1991. She then moved to the Bethesda Towne Square in Aberdeen in 1999 and to the Bethesda Home in January 2000. Survivors include three sons, Allan (Jaquelyn) Kristenson of Lake Elmo, Minn., Stephen (Jane) Kristenson of Camrose, Alberta, Canada, and Nathan (Joni) Kristenson of Grand Marais, Minn.; one daughter, Karen (William) Hoar of Aberdeen; one sister, Muriel Sandhei of Valley City, N.D.; three brothers, Harold Henrickson of Lisbon, N.D., Palmer Henrickson of Oakdale, Minn., and Andor Henrickson of Richfield, Minn.; and 10 grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one brother and three sisters. Casketbearers will be her grandchildren. Memorials are preferred to Bethesda Home of Aberdeen, 1224 S. High St., Aberdeen, S.D. 57401; or ELCA, 8765 West Higgins Road, Chicago, Ill. 60631.