Obituary of Betty L. Christensen

Betty L. Christensen, age 83 of Iowa City died Sunday, November 10, 2013,at the Briarwood Health Care Center in Iowa City. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 13, 2013, at the Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Iowa City with burial to follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery. There will be an hour of visitation prior to the services at the church. In lieu of flowers Betty's wishes for memorial donations were to Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in her memory. Online condolences may be sent for her family through the web @ www.gayandciha.com. Betty L. Craig was born March 13, 1930, in Scotch Grove, Iowa the daughter of Forrest and Lydia (House) Craig. She attended and graduated from Monticello High School. Betty was united in marriage to Eldon "Chris" Christensen on January 15, 1950 in Des Moines. The couple had lived in Cedar Rapids prior to moving to Iowa City in 1959. Here she raised and supported her family and was a member of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church. Her family includes her son, David Christensen of Johnston, Colorado; her granddaughter, Nicole Olson and her husband, David of Evans, Colorado; two great-grandchildren, Jovie and Dylan Olson; and one sister, Ethel Craig of Monticello. Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Chris in 1992; her parents, and a brother, Eddie; sisters, Hazel, Ruth, Wilma and an infant sister, Mabel. Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service is caring for Betty's family and her services.