Leonard J Christensen

Leonard Christensen, age 73, Carpenter, died peacefully with family at his side on Sunday, April 20, 2014 in the Golden Living Center at Clark where he had resided since April 8, 2014 after a courageous battle due to pancreatic cancer. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 from 5-8PM at the Furness Funeral Home Chapel at Clark and will continue on Thursday morning in the Chapel after 9AM. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, April 24, 2014 at 1:00PM in the Furness Funeral Home at Clark with Glenn Gasser and Jake Nelson officiating. Casketbearers will be LeRoy Biren, Gary Zubke, Scott and Larry Wicks, Ken Jones and Terry Jandel. Special music will be presented by the Wicks Family - Kerry, Scott and Yvonne. Burial will follow in the Richland Cemetery near Carpenter. There will be a procession to the Richland Cemetery, upon arrival at the cemetery, only the immediate family will continue onto the Christensen farm and the casket will be placed into Marc Kleinsasser's wagon and Leonard will be brought to the cemetery for the interment. Following, everyone is invited into the Carpenter Cafe/Hall for a lunch and a time of fellowship. He was born Leonard Joseph Christensen at Bradley, SD on November 30, 1940 the son of Elmer and Clara (Muncy) Christensen. The family moved to Carpenter when he was 8 years old and he attended school across the road from where they lived. He met his wife, Judy Fox, and they were married on November 23, 1960. In September of 1964 they moved to the family farm and he has resided there until moving into the living center at Clark. Leonard will long be remembered as being a great horseman. He enjoyed horses all his life; riding, driving, and just getting together with his horse friends. Leonard always needed to keep busy building something or tearing something apart. He said, "I had so many more things I wanted to do!" Preceding him in death were his parents, a sister Joyce (Pete) Holt and a brother-in-law, Gene Brannan. Grateful for having shared in his life is his loving and devoted wife, Judy of Carpenter, son, Todd of Chandler, AZ and a daughter, Julie (Mark) Albers of Carpenter, grandsons, Andrew and Thomas Christensen and Benjamin Albers. Leonard had a special love for all of his in-laws and his family of fellow horse lovers. He also leaves siblings, Beverly (Ernest) Geyer of Bancroft and Lyle Christensen of Huron. Furness Funeral Home of Clark is serving the family where there is an on-line registry at www.furnessfuneralhome.com