The Idaho Statesman, 08/12/03
Marjorie Crookston Christensen, of Boise, formerly of Bancroft, died Saturday, Aug. 9, 2003. Born July 9, 1916, in Rexburg, Marjorie was the oldest of six children of Robert Burns and Glenna Ballantyne Crookston.
Educated in Logan, Utah, she was a champion debater and outstanding girl athlete at Logan High School and a member of Chi Omega and Phi Kappa Phi at Utah State Agricultural College (USU) from which she earned a B.A. degree in 1937.
She moved to Bancroft in the fall of 1937 to teach at North Gem High School. There, while working part-time at the soda fountain of the local drug store, she met Arves L. (A.L.) Christensen, whom she married on May 27, 1942. With him she raised two sons and two daughters. When he was drafted in 1942 she took over his Shell Oil agency and did all the work of that business for three years. Later, when he began farming, she drove the truck for 10 more years, and at the same time continued her other activities, including teaching.
When Arves acquired a farm in the Fruitland area she expanded her skills and spent summers operating a swather, baler, tractor and other machinery. Arves died in 1978. Marjorie was well known in the Bancroft area for her skill in decorating cakes for all occasions. She made and decorated over 100 wedding cakes for local brides, even delivering wedding cakes to western Idaho and southern Utah.
She spent 45 years in Bancroft, teaching now and then at North Gem High School for 37 of those years and worked under the first 13 of that district's superintendents. Summers she attended ISU, BSU, University of Idaho, Weber, Ricks, and University of Utah to earn a master's degree in English. As a teacher, she was in charge of both business and English departments, was advisor to yearbook and school paper, and school photographer.
For 11 years she served on the Bancroft City Council, the last year as mayor. She then chaired the zoning committee. While on the city council, to get an ambulance stationed in Bancroft, she trained as an ambulance EMT and worked with the Caribou County EMTs for eight years. She also drove an afternoon school bus route for two years. She was chosen as "Homemaker of the Year" for Caribou County in 1981. She was a 35-year volunteer for the American Cancer Society, a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, served more than a decade as county chairman for Christmas Seals, and was twice president of the local PTA. For a quarter of a century, she was Bancroft Ward organist. She served at various times on Relief Society, MIA, Primary, and Sunday school stake boards and as a teacher in ward organizations.
In 1982, she left teaching and moved to Boise to be near three of her children. In Boise, she learned Braille and became a member of the Boise Braille League. She worked in German name extraction from 1983 through 2002. In 1984, when the Boise Temple opened, she was called to work there as on office and an ordinance worker which she did until the July 1, 2003. She also served as Primary pianist, ward organist, and stake missionary. She has been a member of the Monday Sisters, Tuesday Musicale, and Amicus. She also volunteered with AARP, The Salvation Army, and served on fund distribution committees for United Way.
Marjorie is survived by her four children, Glenna Christensen (Del R.) Parkinson of Boise, Lauritz (Sharron) Christensen, and Kurt (Verna) Christensen, all of Fruitland, Lucy C. Stolpe of Logan, Utah; her sister, Marianna C. (Lyle E.) Israelsen of North Logan; and her brother, Paul B. (Tonita) Crookston of Price, Utah; sisters-in-law, Geraldine Ann (Ducky) Crookston of Littleton, Colo., and Cecile Meyer of Fort Collins, Colo.; and a stepdaughter, Joyce Hofhine of Pocatello. Her sister, Joyce; her two brothers, Robert B. and Burns B.; and a stepdaughter, Barbara Marie Hatch, have died. Marjorie was blessed with 24 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, in the Broadway Avenue LDS Chapel, Boise. An additional memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, Aug. 15, in the Bancroft, Idaho, LDS Chapel. Burial will follow in the Bancroft Cemetery. Services are under direction of the Relyea Funeral Chapel, Boise. The family will greet friends Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Relyea Funeral Chapel, and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. until service time at the LDS Chapel on Broadway Avenue.
Marjorie Crookston Christensen, of Boise, formerly of Bancroft, died Saturday, Aug. 9, 2003. Born July 9, 1916, in Rexburg, Marjorie was the oldest of six children of Robert Burns and Glenna Ballantyne Crookston.
Educated in Logan, Utah, she was a champion debater and outstanding girl athlete at Logan High School and a member of Chi Omega and Phi Kappa Phi at Utah State Agricultural College (USU) from which she earned a B.A. degree in 1937.
She moved to Bancroft in the fall of 1937 to teach at North Gem High School. There, while working part-time at the soda fountain of the local drug store, she met Arves L. (A.L.) Christensen, whom she married on May 27, 1942. With him she raised two sons and two daughters. When he was drafted in 1942 she took over his Shell Oil agency and did all the work of that business for three years. Later, when he began farming, she drove the truck for 10 more years, and at the same time continued her other activities, including teaching.
When Arves acquired a farm in the Fruitland area she expanded her skills and spent summers operating a swather, baler, tractor and other machinery. Arves died in 1978. Marjorie was well known in the Bancroft area for her skill in decorating cakes for all occasions. She made and decorated over 100 wedding cakes for local brides, even delivering wedding cakes to western Idaho and southern Utah.
She spent 45 years in Bancroft, teaching now and then at North Gem High School for 37 of those years and worked under the first 13 of that district's superintendents. Summers she attended ISU, BSU, University of Idaho, Weber, Ricks, and University of Utah to earn a master's degree in English. As a teacher, she was in charge of both business and English departments, was advisor to yearbook and school paper, and school photographer.
For 11 years she served on the Bancroft City Council, the last year as mayor. She then chaired the zoning committee. While on the city council, to get an ambulance stationed in Bancroft, she trained as an ambulance EMT and worked with the Caribou County EMTs for eight years. She also drove an afternoon school bus route for two years. She was chosen as "Homemaker of the Year" for Caribou County in 1981. She was a 35-year volunteer for the American Cancer Society, a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, served more than a decade as county chairman for Christmas Seals, and was twice president of the local PTA. For a quarter of a century, she was Bancroft Ward organist. She served at various times on Relief Society, MIA, Primary, and Sunday school stake boards and as a teacher in ward organizations.
In 1982, she left teaching and moved to Boise to be near three of her children. In Boise, she learned Braille and became a member of the Boise Braille League. She worked in German name extraction from 1983 through 2002. In 1984, when the Boise Temple opened, she was called to work there as on office and an ordinance worker which she did until the July 1, 2003. She also served as Primary pianist, ward organist, and stake missionary. She has been a member of the Monday Sisters, Tuesday Musicale, and Amicus. She also volunteered with AARP, The Salvation Army, and served on fund distribution committees for United Way.
Marjorie is survived by her four children, Glenna Christensen (Del R.) Parkinson of Boise, Lauritz (Sharron) Christensen, and Kurt (Verna) Christensen, all of Fruitland, Lucy C. Stolpe of Logan, Utah; her sister, Marianna C. (Lyle E.) Israelsen of North Logan; and her brother, Paul B. (Tonita) Crookston of Price, Utah; sisters-in-law, Geraldine Ann (Ducky) Crookston of Littleton, Colo., and Cecile Meyer of Fort Collins, Colo.; and a stepdaughter, Joyce Hofhine of Pocatello. Her sister, Joyce; her two brothers, Robert B. and Burns B.; and a stepdaughter, Barbara Marie Hatch, have died. Marjorie was blessed with 24 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, in the Broadway Avenue LDS Chapel, Boise. An additional memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, Aug. 15, in the Bancroft, Idaho, LDS Chapel. Burial will follow in the Bancroft Cemetery. Services are under direction of the Relyea Funeral Chapel, Boise. The family will greet friends Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Relyea Funeral Chapel, and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. until service time at the LDS Chapel on Broadway Avenue.
The Idaho Statesman, 08/12/03
Marjorie Crookston Christensen, of Boise, formerly of Bancroft, died Saturday, Aug. 9, 2003. Born July 9, 1916, in Rexburg, Marjorie was the oldest of six children of Robert Burns and Glenna Ballantyne Crookston.
Educated in Logan, Utah, she was a champion debater and outstanding girl athlete at Logan High School and a member of Chi Omega and Phi Kappa Phi at Utah State Agricultural College (USU) from which she earned a B.A. degree in 1937.
She moved to Bancroft in the fall of 1937 to teach at North Gem High School. There, while working part-time at the soda fountain of the local drug store, she met Arves L. (A.L.) Christensen, whom she married on May 27, 1942. With him she raised two sons and two daughters. When he was drafted in 1942 she took over his Shell Oil agency and did all the work of that business for three years. Later, when he began farming, she drove the truck for 10 more years, and at the same time continued her other activities, including teaching.
When Arves acquired a farm in the Fruitland area she expanded her skills and spent summers operating a swather, baler, tractor and other machinery. Arves died in 1978. Marjorie was well known in the Bancroft area for her skill in decorating cakes for all occasions. She made and decorated over 100 wedding cakes for local brides, even delivering wedding cakes to western Idaho and southern Utah.
She spent 45 years in Bancroft, teaching now and then at North Gem High School for 37 of those years and worked under the first 13 of that district's superintendents. Summers she attended ISU, BSU, University of Idaho, Weber, Ricks, and University of Utah to earn a master's degree in English. As a teacher, she was in charge of both business and English departments, was advisor to yearbook and school paper, and school photographer.
For 11 years she served on the Bancroft City Council, the last year as mayor. She then chaired the zoning committee. While on the city council, to get an ambulance stationed in Bancroft, she trained as an ambulance EMT and worked with the Caribou County EMTs for eight years. She also drove an afternoon school bus route for two years. She was chosen as "Homemaker of the Year" for Caribou County in 1981. She was a 35-year volunteer for the American Cancer Society, a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, served more than a decade as county chairman for Christmas Seals, and was twice president of the local PTA. For a quarter of a century, she was Bancroft Ward organist. She served at various times on Relief Society, MIA, Primary, and Sunday school stake boards and as a teacher in ward organizations.
In 1982, she left teaching and moved to Boise to be near three of her children. In Boise, she learned Braille and became a member of the Boise Braille League. She worked in German name extraction from 1983 through 2002. In 1984, when the Boise Temple opened, she was called to work there as on office and an ordinance worker which she did until the July 1, 2003. She also served as Primary pianist, ward organist, and stake missionary. She has been a member of the Monday Sisters, Tuesday Musicale, and Amicus. She also volunteered with AARP, The Salvation Army, and served on fund distribution committees for United Way.
Marjorie is survived by her four children, Glenna Christensen (Del R.) Parkinson of Boise, Lauritz (Sharron) Christensen, and Kurt (Verna) Christensen, all of Fruitland, Lucy C. Stolpe of Logan, Utah; her sister, Marianna C. (Lyle E.) Israelsen of North Logan; and her brother, Paul B. (Tonita) Crookston of Price, Utah; sisters-in-law, Geraldine Ann (Ducky) Crookston of Littleton, Colo., and Cecile Meyer of Fort Collins, Colo.; and a stepdaughter, Joyce Hofhine of Pocatello. Her sister, Joyce; her two brothers, Robert B. and Burns B.; and a stepdaughter, Barbara Marie Hatch, have died. Marjorie was blessed with 24 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, in the Broadway Avenue LDS Chapel, Boise. An additional memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, Aug. 15, in the Bancroft, Idaho, LDS Chapel. Burial will follow in the Bancroft Cemetery. Services are under direction of the Relyea Funeral Chapel, Boise. The family will greet friends Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Relyea Funeral Chapel, and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. until service time at the LDS Chapel on Broadway Avenue.
Marjorie Crookston Christensen, of Boise, formerly of Bancroft, died Saturday, Aug. 9, 2003. Born July 9, 1916, in Rexburg, Marjorie was the oldest of six children of Robert Burns and Glenna Ballantyne Crookston.
Educated in Logan, Utah, she was a champion debater and outstanding girl athlete at Logan High School and a member of Chi Omega and Phi Kappa Phi at Utah State Agricultural College (USU) from which she earned a B.A. degree in 1937.
She moved to Bancroft in the fall of 1937 to teach at North Gem High School. There, while working part-time at the soda fountain of the local drug store, she met Arves L. (A.L.) Christensen, whom she married on May 27, 1942. With him she raised two sons and two daughters. When he was drafted in 1942 she took over his Shell Oil agency and did all the work of that business for three years. Later, when he began farming, she drove the truck for 10 more years, and at the same time continued her other activities, including teaching.
When Arves acquired a farm in the Fruitland area she expanded her skills and spent summers operating a swather, baler, tractor and other machinery. Arves died in 1978. Marjorie was well known in the Bancroft area for her skill in decorating cakes for all occasions. She made and decorated over 100 wedding cakes for local brides, even delivering wedding cakes to western Idaho and southern Utah.
She spent 45 years in Bancroft, teaching now and then at North Gem High School for 37 of those years and worked under the first 13 of that district's superintendents. Summers she attended ISU, BSU, University of Idaho, Weber, Ricks, and University of Utah to earn a master's degree in English. As a teacher, she was in charge of both business and English departments, was advisor to yearbook and school paper, and school photographer.
For 11 years she served on the Bancroft City Council, the last year as mayor. She then chaired the zoning committee. While on the city council, to get an ambulance stationed in Bancroft, she trained as an ambulance EMT and worked with the Caribou County EMTs for eight years. She also drove an afternoon school bus route for two years. She was chosen as "Homemaker of the Year" for Caribou County in 1981. She was a 35-year volunteer for the American Cancer Society, a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, served more than a decade as county chairman for Christmas Seals, and was twice president of the local PTA. For a quarter of a century, she was Bancroft Ward organist. She served at various times on Relief Society, MIA, Primary, and Sunday school stake boards and as a teacher in ward organizations.
In 1982, she left teaching and moved to Boise to be near three of her children. In Boise, she learned Braille and became a member of the Boise Braille League. She worked in German name extraction from 1983 through 2002. In 1984, when the Boise Temple opened, she was called to work there as on office and an ordinance worker which she did until the July 1, 2003. She also served as Primary pianist, ward organist, and stake missionary. She has been a member of the Monday Sisters, Tuesday Musicale, and Amicus. She also volunteered with AARP, The Salvation Army, and served on fund distribution committees for United Way.
Marjorie is survived by her four children, Glenna Christensen (Del R.) Parkinson of Boise, Lauritz (Sharron) Christensen, and Kurt (Verna) Christensen, all of Fruitland, Lucy C. Stolpe of Logan, Utah; her sister, Marianna C. (Lyle E.) Israelsen of North Logan; and her brother, Paul B. (Tonita) Crookston of Price, Utah; sisters-in-law, Geraldine Ann (Ducky) Crookston of Littleton, Colo., and Cecile Meyer of Fort Collins, Colo.; and a stepdaughter, Joyce Hofhine of Pocatello. Her sister, Joyce; her two brothers, Robert B. and Burns B.; and a stepdaughter, Barbara Marie Hatch, have died. Marjorie was blessed with 24 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, in the Broadway Avenue LDS Chapel, Boise. An additional memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, Aug. 15, in the Bancroft, Idaho, LDS Chapel. Burial will follow in the Bancroft Cemetery. Services are under direction of the Relyea Funeral Chapel, Boise. The family will greet friends Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Relyea Funeral Chapel, and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. until service time at the LDS Chapel on Broadway Avenue.
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