Carol Jean Christensen
1932 - 2007 (75 years)Person ID: I7261 "Hessevaag-Bakke" |  Last Modified: 26 Mar 2022
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Name Carol Jean Christensen Gender Female Birth 25 May 1932 Kenmare, Ward County, North Dakota, USA Died 9 Dec 2007 Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, USA [1] Buried Lakeview Cemetery, Kenmare, Ward County, North Dakota, USA -
Parents
Father Walter Carl Christensen (ID:I7056)
b. 25 Nov 1898, Parker, Turner County, South Dakota, USA
d. 3 Oct 1956, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA (Age 57 years)Mother Maria Albertina Davick (ID:I7047)
b. 5 Nov 1893, Woonsocket, Sanborn County, South Dakota, USA
d. 22 May 1988, Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA (Age 94 years) -
Family
Husband Myron Eugene Bothun (ID:I7277)
b. 5 Apr 1931, Crosby, Divide County, North Dakota, USA
d. 5 Jan 2021, Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, USA (Age 89 years)Marriage 20 Jun 1954 Children + 1. Living (ID:I7278) + 2. Living (ID:I7279) + 3. Living (ID:I7280) -
Other Personal Events
Siblings 2 brothers and 1 sister -
Event Map
Birth - 25 May 1932 - Kenmare, Ward County, North Dakota, USA Died - 9 Dec 2007 - Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, USA Buried - - Lakeview Cemetery, Kenmare, Ward County, North Dakota, USA = Link to Google Earth : Address : Location : City/Town : County/Shire : State/Province : Country : Not Set -
Source Citations
- [FIND-A-GRAVE] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23373044/carol-jean-bothun.
CAROL JEAN CHRISTENSEN BOTHUN, 75, Bismarck, beloved mother, grandmother and friend, passed away on Dec. 9, 2007, at her home. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 14, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Bismarck. Private interment will be held Saturday at Lakeview Cemetery, Kenmare.
Carol was born May 25, 1932, in Kenmare, the fourth child (Llewellyn, Walter, Myrna, Carol)of Walter Carl Christensen and Marie Albertina Davick. She attended school in Kenmare and received a degree in dietetics from the University of North Dakota. Grand Forks, ND in 1954. She married MICHAEL BOTHUM in Kenmare, ND on June 20, 1954. After graduating from UND, they moved to Minneapolis where they lived for two years. They then moved to Bismarck in 1960.
She sang alto in the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Choir for over 40 years. She was also an active member of the Bismarck-Mandan Garden Club and the Prairie Rose Club.
Carol worked at Hughes Junior High School and the North Dakota Supreme Court. She retired in 1997.
Carol was a gracious, loving woman with a nurturing spirit and open heart. Her guide was God. Her love was family and friends and her garden was her sanctuary.
She is survived by her ex-husband, Mike, Bismarck; her daughters, Kristen LaFavor, Minneapolis,MN, and Maren (Steve) Olson, Hoople, ND; her son, Eric (Bernie) Bothun, Beulah, ND; seven grandchildren, Britt Olson, Christopher Bothun, Evan Bothun, Bennett Olson, Anna LaFavor, Kari Olson and Dane LaFavor; one brother, Walter Christensen; one sister, Myrna (Patton) Christopherson-Kline; one sister-in-law, Marge (Fred) Christensen-Rube; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Lee Christensen; one sister-in-law, Maureen Christensen; and one brother-in-law, Weston Christopherson.
Inscription
Bothun
I Thank My God upon Every Remembrance of you,
Always in Every Prayer of Mine.
Carol J. Christensen
May 25, 1932
Dec. 9, 2007