Edward George was known to his immediate family and friends as Ed. He was born in Loup City, Sherman County, Nebraska. His father was Rasmus Larsen Christensen, a Danish immigrant and farmer, and his mother was Augusta Philippa Miller, also a Danish immigrant, housewife and mother of six children. Ed had a sister, Anna Marie, and two brothers William Miller and Frederick August. He had two other siblings who died in infancy. Ed spent his early childhood on the family farms near Loup City and Gentry, Benton County, Arkansas. By 1918, the family had returned to farming near Arcadia, Valley County, Nebraska, and Ed had begun working as a farm laborer, first for his family, then working out for other farmers as a wage earner. He met Gladys Cleora Hutchins, a school teacher and native of North Loup, and they married in 1928. North Loup had been established by Seventh Day Baptists, and Ed and Gladys became life long members of this religious community. They initially resided near Yale, Valley County, Nebraska, where Ed established himself as an independent farmer, then moved to a second farm near North Loup. In 1933, they had a daughter, Jo Ann, who lived for only a few days. In 1937, they had a second daughter, Phyllis, who happily thrived, completed high school, studied at the University of Nebraska, qualified as a nurse, married and had four children. Ed continued farming in Valley County near Ord, where he specialized in cultivating crops such as sugar beets and corn and raising cattle for the beef trade. In 1952, he entered into a partnership with his nephew, Alvin Fay Christensen, to buy the cinema in Ord. There was only a 10 year difference between their ages, and their relationship was more like brothers than uncle and nephew. Alvin was the operational manager, and Ed was the silent partner. In 1955, Ed bought Alvin's share of the cinema and took on the management of the cinema. He continued in this role until his death. Ed had suffered rheumatic fever as a child, and the disease had left him with a faulty heart valve. This condition eventually led to his death of congestive heart failure, in Ord on Jul 25, 1970. His remains were buried in Hillside Cemetery in North Loup.