Roberta Christiansen

ROBERTA CHRISTIANSEN

Wellman

Roberta Christiansen passed away Monday, July 3, 2017, on her 90th birthday, at Parkview Manor in Wellman, following an extended illness. She moved to Parkview in September of 2015. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 8, at Asbury United Methodist Church in Wellman. Burial will be at a later date in the Wellman Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. Friday, July 7, at Powell Funeral Home in Wellman, where the family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m. A memorial fund has been established for Asbury United Methodist Church, Hospice of Washington County and Wellman Ambulance. www.powellfuneralhomes.com.

Roberta Jean Moore was born on July 3, 1927, the daughter of Alfred and Katy (Hinrichs) Moore.

She lived all of her young life in the Jackson County area. She graduated from Oxford Junction in 1945. Roberta was united in marriage to Johnnie Pegorick on Feb. 14, 1946, and they traveled around the U.S. while he was in the army. They settled down, began farming and had two daughters, Vicki and Christi. The couple later divorced. In May 1959, Roberta and Gunther Christiansen were married, and had three sons, Kevin, Brian and Alan.

Roberta and husband Gunther lived their entire married life in the Wellman community. Roberta was noted for her tasty baking skills, homemade pies, doughnuts and cinnamon bread for various community fundraisers.

Roberta worked at Owens Brush/Oral B for over 20 years. She also refinished furniture and did wallpapering. She and Gunther bought the "Carr" house and restored it and brought back its historic beauty to the community.

Roberta is survived by her five children, Vicki Mosby and husband, John, of Eugene, Ore., Chris Jirsa and husband, Dan, of Wellman, Kevin Christiansen and wife, Judy, of Wellman, Brian Christiansen and wife, Brenda, of Wellman, and Alan Christiansen and wife, Janelle, of Wellman. She has 11 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. She also is survived by three brothers, Merlin Moore of Anamosa, Larry Moore and wife, Anne, of East Moline, Ill., and Carlyle Moore of Mechanicsville, Iowa; three sisters, Gloria Bodkin and Marlene Levsen of Olin, Iowa, and Coleen Townsend and husband, Gary, of Mechanicsville, Iowa; and special friends, Anne Mann and Karen Dutweiler.

Roberta was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Gunther, in 2000; four brothers, Harlan and wife, Roselee, Wylis, Delbert and wife, Rosella, and Gerald Moore; two sisters, Wanda Petersen and husband, Robert, and Carol Bendixen; one grandson, Tyler Mosby; three brothers-in-law; and two sisters-in-law.