Ileen Hilda Wirkus

Ileen Hilda Wirkus

Female 1925 - 2003  (78 years)
Person ID: I9300  "Hessevaag-Bakke"  |  Last Modified: 14 Jul 2023


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  • Name Ileen Hilda Wirkus 
    Gender Female 
    Birth 16 Nov 1925  Nassau, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 19 Nov 2003  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Mound Cemetery, Ortonville, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
  • Family

    Family ID: F3036   -:|:-   Group Sheet   -:|:-   Family Chart  -:|:-  Last Modified : 14 Jul 2023   
    Husband Clifford Alfred Christensen (ID:I9298)
              b. 3 Oct 1924, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 13 Mar 2021, Milbank, Grant County, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years) 
    Marriage 19 Jun 1955 
    Children 
    + 1. Living (ID:I9301)
    + 2. Living (ID:I9302)
    + 3. Living (ID:I9303)
  • Event Map

    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 Nov 1925 - Nassau, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Nov 2003 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mound Cemetery, Ortonville, Big Stone County, Minnesota, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Source Citations

    1. [FIND-A-GRAVE] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17735246/ileen-hilda-christensen.
      Ileen Hilda Christensen was born November 16, 1925, at Nassau, Minnesota; the daughter of Charles and Hilda (Lau) Wirkus. She attended grammar school in Nassau and graduated from Marietta, MN High School in 1943. She attended Madison, MN Normal Teacher's Training, followed by two years at Wortburgh College in Waverly, Iowa. She also attended Moorhead State College, Moorhead, MN. Ileen was united in marriage on June 19, 1955, at Nassau, MN with Clifford Christensen.

      Following their marriage, the couple lived on the family farm south of Big Stone City, SD and later moved into Big Stone City. Ileen was a school teacher for 39 years, teaching in the school systems of Boyd, MN, Revillo, SD, Milbank, SD, Big Stone City, SD and in the rural schools in Lac Qui Parle County, MN. She retired from teaching in 1990.

      Ileen was a member of the American Lutheran Church in Milbank and a devoted singer with the Big Stone Area Community Chorus. She enjoyed being a long-time member of the homemakers club, and the Chat and Do Club. The 4-H program was also a very important part of her and her children's life. She assisted many area youth with a variety of 4-H activities and was recognized, along with Clifford, as one of Grant County's Friends of 4-H.

      Left to cherish her memory are her husband, Clifford; one son, Roger (Sandy) Christensen; two daughters, Linda (Troy) Asher, and Janel (Paul) Andrews; 8 grandchildren; and one brother, Merlin Wirkus. She was preceded in death by her parents.

      Gravesite Details
      near Alfred, Hans and Julius

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