DON CHRISTJANS
Don Christjans, 70, of Sidney, Nebraska died late Friday afternoon, June 11, 2010 at the Memorial Health Center in Sidney.
Memorial services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, June 15, 2010 in the Light Memorial Presbyterian Church in Sidney with Pastor Leon "Bud" Gillespie officiating. Services will conclude at the church. Inurnment will be in the Presbyterian Cemetery in Avon, South Dakota at 11:00 A.M., Thursday, June 17, 2010.
Cremation has taken place and there is no viewing at the funeral home. Friends who wish may stop at Holechek Funeral Home from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Monday to sign the register book.
Memorials have been established to the Light Memorial Presbyterian Church or to the donor’s choice.
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http://www.holechekfuneralhomes.com/Donald Dean Christjans, the son of Ede and Edith (Rueb) Christjans, was born May 3, 1940 in Avon, South Dakota. He attended rural school before graduating from Avon High School in 1958.
On December 31, 1959, he was united in marriage to Carol Kay Lorenz in Avon, South Dakota. Don graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1963 with a degree in mathematics and earned his Master’s degree from the University in 1970. Don taught math and coached in other areas before the family moved to Sidney in 1969 where he continued his teaching career. In 1972 he made a career change and became the owner of the Sidney Credit Bureau.
In 1988 they moved to Henderson, Nevada, where he returned to teaching high school math. Don retired in 2002 and they moved back to Sidney where he worked part time at the Insurance Store. Don loved athletics and was a huge Brooklyn Dodgers fan.
Survivors include his wife Carol of Sidney, NE; son Tom and wife Lisa of Park City, UT; daughter Janet Volkmer of Sidney, NE; brother Jim and wife Jean of Avon, SD; sister Marian Neu of Hartington, NE; and four grandchildren: Scott and Jenny Volkmer and Jessica and Sarah Christjans.
He was preceded in death by his parents and brother-in-law Bob Neu.
