Christine E. Klanderud

Christine Klanderud

WYNOT — Christine E. Klanderud, 93, Wynot, died May 19, 2024, at Park View Haven Nursing Home, Coleridge. Funeral Services will be May 25, at 10:30 a.m., at Faith Lutheran Church, Maskell, with the Rev. Chad Beckius officiating. Burial will be at the Obert Cemetery, rural Obert. Pallbearers will be Cale Stockwell, Garrett Charles, Gunnar Charles, Dideon Charles, Gabriel Charles and James Ristoff. Honorary pallbearers will be her grandchildren, Bethany Ristoff, Dawn Charles, Lea Boldt and Tiffany Blum. Visitation will be Friday, from 5-7 p.m., at the Wintz Funeral Home, Hartington, and will continue Saturday, at church, one hour prior to services.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Wintz Funeral Home, Hartington.

Christine Elaine Klanderud was born June 9, 1930, in Edgemont, S.D., to Nels and Etta (Benton) Ballard. She grew up in Wyoming. Her family moved to Laurel when she was in ninth grade. Christine graduated from cosmetology school in Sioux City, Iowa. She married Henry Christopher Klanderud Aug. 8, 1948, in Maskell. They farmed on Brooky Bottom and Christine lived there for 74 years.

Christine was a member of Faith Lutheran Church. She was a skilled seamstress who sewed for church projects and for her family. She excelled in quilt making and created exquisite quilts for her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Christine enjoyed the challenges of being a farm woman and was quick in acquiring new skills. She learned carpentry and upholstery in order to do home improvement projects around her house and yard. She loved plants and had a large vegetable garden, as well as many flower beds. She canned and froze much of the food her garden produced. She raised sheep and employed them to mow the weeds around the homestead.

Christine thoroughly enjoyed being a grandmother and was an active participant in the lives of her five grandchildren. She visited Colorado every year to spend time with her three grandchildren there. All of her grandchildren visited in the summer on the farm.

Christine is survived by four children: Gwendolyn Fuehring, Boulder, Colo.; David Klanderud, Wynot; Kathy Klanderud, Lincoln; Jayne (Dale) Bittner, Norfolk. She is also survived by five grandchildren, Bethany Ristoff, Dawn Charles, Cale Stockwell, Lea Boldt and Tiffany Blum. She has 11 great-grandchildren and a great-great-granddaughter.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry; daughter, Kristy; father, Nels Ballard; mother, Etta Sorensen; a sister, Loretta Wohlman; a brother, Jens Ballard; and brother, Nels Ballard.