Richard Christensen

Richard Rick Christensen, 64, of Marshalltown died Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday, February 27th, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Marshalltown with Pastor Gregg Davison officiating. Visitation will be held from 4-7:00 p.m. on Sunday at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home and one-hour prior to the funeral service at the church. He will be laid to rest in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Sioux City at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, March 3rd. Friends are invited to attend the graveside service. For condolences, please visit www.mitchellfh.com. The Mitchell Family Funeral Home is caring for Rick and his family. Ph. 641-844-1234. Born on September 27, 1947, in Sioux City, Iowa, he was the son of Marvin and Angeline (Anglo) Christensen. He graduated from Central High School in Sioux City and later from Morningside College. Rick taught school in Marathon, Iowa, for one year and then moved to South Sioux City, NE, where he worked for the Park Place Restaurant and also worked at Perley Catering. For five years, he taught school and coached girls basketball and softball in Lost Nation before joining Farm Bureau as an affiliate for insurance in May of 1977. He represented them in Iowa City for five years and then Atlantic, Iowa, before moving to Marshalltown with Montgomery Insurance Services in 1983. He later joined McRill, Stowell, Christensen Insurance Group where he currently still was active in his partnership part-time. Rick was an member of the Trinity Lutheran Church and enjoyed watching the Iowa Hawkeyes, Chicago Bears and Cubs, catering for friends, barbequing (especially the ribs and chicken), and solving the worlds problems at the Maid-Rite and JDs Pub. On August 8, 1969, he was united in marriage to Patricia Rolfes in Akron, Iowa. To their marriage, two children were born- Matt of Elk Point, South Dakota and Nichole Christensen with husband David Waterhouse and their son Oscar all of Marshalltown, his siblings-James (Darcy) Christensen of Cambridge, MN, Ron (Nancy) Christensen of Prairie City, Iowa, Marvin (Ann) Christensen of the Phoenix, AZ. area, Sharon (Don) Hutchinson of Brainerd MN, sister-in-law Janet Christensen of Sioux City, the Rolfes family and numerous nieces nephews, and friends. In death, he rejoined his parents, brother Ed, aunt Freda Kazos and uncle Jim Anglo.