Obituaries

March 23, 1939 to May 17, 2011

WINAMAC - Brenda Gail Christensen, 72, of Winamac, passed away at 12:09 p.m., Tuesday, May 17, at Pulaski Memorial Hospital in Winamac.

She was born March 23, 1939, in Springfield, OH, to the late Joseph and Ruth McDaniel Trace. She married Dale E. Christensen on Sept.  6, 1958, in Mount Vernon, Ohio. He died Sept. 11, 2010.

Survivors include:

Carin L. (Ed) Vittorio, Noblesville, Daughter & son-in-law
Tracy A. Mackintosh, Aurora, IL, Daughter
David D. Christensen, Logansport, Son
Steven P.(Kris) Christensen, Fairmount, Son & daughter-in-law
11 Grandchildren
Jodie Holder, Lecanto, FL, Sister
Thomas Trace, Mount Vernon, OH, Brother
J. Trace, Los Angeles, CA, Brother

Mrs. Christensen graduated from Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, OH in 1957. She was homecoming queen in 1956. That same year that she traveled to Culver, IN for the first time. She later owned a lake home in Culver. She attended Bowling Green State University in Ohio, where she met her husband. She was a homemaker in Palatine, IL where she raised her four children and was actively involved with community youth sports and the PTO.

She and her husband relocated to Winamac in 1980. She was actively involved in the parent advisory committee at Eastern Pulaski Schools. She was a former president of the Iris Elm Garden Club. She was a member of the DAR. She had served as president of the Colonial Dames Chapter 17. An avid seamstress and quilter throughout her life, she was a member of the Suzanna Circle Quilters Club.

Friends may call after 11 a.m., Friday, at First Christian Church, Winamac. The funeral service will follow at 1 p.m., (Friday, May 20), at the church, with Pastor Rick Abbott and Pastor Denny Wilson officiating. Burial will be in Culver Masonic Cemetery, Culver.

Memorial donations may be given to the Culver Methodist Church or the First Christian Church.