In loving memory

Theodore Johannes Wilheim Christensen

August 10, 1903 – September 7, 1993

Lived 90 years

Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery · Mt. Pleasant, Utah

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Theodore John William Christensen passed away September 7, 1993 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

He was born August 19, 1903 in Copenhagen, Denmark, the 10th child of 17, to Rasmus Albert and Emma Eleanore B. Christensen. At the age of 10 months, he was the youngest of 10 children his mother brought to America to join his father at Ellis Island. They settled in Wilmot, South Dakota and later moved to Winnipeg, Canada. Theordore studied music a the Chicago Musical College where he met Mickey Hart an LDS returned missionary and was converted to the LDS faith. He went to BYU in 1941 where he met rae M. Anderson from Mt. Pleasant, Utah. They were married November 25, 1942 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He served in the Army Air Force as a Drill Instructor and graduated from BYU in music and voice. He was a U.S. Mail Carrier in Provo for 28 years. He moved his family to Sandy after he retired in 1972 and moved to Salt Lake City in January 1992.

He is survived by his wife, Rae M. A. Christensen, and nine children, Bryant, Fairbanks, Alaska; Greg Sandy: Sylvia Hatch, Lehi: Chirs Healy, Salt Lake City: Albert, Provo: Jared, West Valley City: Ben, Oren: Karen Norden, Vanersborg, Sweden: John, Huntsville, Alabama: 332 grandchildren: one brother, Bill H. Wately, Mass: two sisters, Emily C Shaffer, Cleaveland, Ohio: and Ester C. Hetzel, Los Angeles, Calif.

Funeral services will be held at the Ensign 5th Ward, 589 East 18th Ave. Salt Lake City on Saturday, Sept. 11, 1993 at 10 a.m. A viewing will be held Friday evening 6:30-8:00 p.m. at Memorial Estates, 5850 So. 900 East, Murray. Friends may also call one hour prior to services at the church. Internment will be at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.

As an expression of sympathy donations may be made in his name to Alzheimer's or Parkinson's Disease Research.

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