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Submitted: 3/29/22 • Approved: 3/29/22 • Last Updated: 4/1/22 • R1426676-G1426676-S3
July 29, 1915 - May 1, 2011
Elda E. (Gens) Christensen, age 95, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, died Sunday, May 1, 2011. She was born in Renville, Minnesota on July 29, 1915 to John and Ida (Roschild) Gens. She graduated as a RN from Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota and continued her Nursing Career for 38 years in Detroit, Michigan. In 1941 she married Carl Christensen. They moved to Hot Springs Village, Arkansas in 1974. She was preceded in death by her husband Carl in November 1998; her parents; five sisters: Alma Hermerding, Meda Voelz, Esther Tepfer, Cora Tepfer and Verona Hilgendorf; and five brothers: Herbert Gens, Louis Gens, Clarence Gens, Walter Gens and Ertwin Gens. Elda is survived by one sister-in-law Hellen Gens and many nieces, nephews and friends.
Services will take place on Friday with Interment at 11 a.m. at Crestview Memorial Park & Mausoleum and a Memorial Service at 2 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3819 Central Avenue in Hot Springs with Rev. Jeff Cranton officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Westminster Presbyterian Church or to a charity of your choice.
Contributed on 3/29/22 by debbraszymanski
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