Myrtle E. Christianson

Myrtle E. Myrt Christianson, age 84, passed away peacefully on Friday, February 10, 2012, at the Lancaster Care Center. She was born on July 23, 1927, in Bloomington, the daughter of Joseph and Rose (Wegman) Osterhaus. On September 17, 1951, she married the love of her life, Chris. Myrt was employed at the Lancaster Memorial Hospital in the business office for twenty-eight years. She was a member of St. Clement Catholic Church. Myrt loved to cook, spend time with her family and friends and enjoyed her volunteer work with the church and the community.

Survivors include her loving husband of sixty years, Chris; her two sons, Jeffrey and Jerome; three daughters, Therese (Steven) LeMaster; Gina (Frank) Buettner, Lynn (Jeff) Farrey; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; her brothers: Roger (Phyllis); Paul (Charlene); Don (Mary); Carl (Linda) and Joe (Leona); brother-in-law, Chuck (Karen) Christianson.

In addition to her parents, Myrt was preceded in death by an infant brother.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Tuesday, February 14, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Clement Catholic Church in Lancaster with Father William Seipp officiating. Burial was in St. Clement Cemetery, Lancaster. Family and friends called on Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. until time of services at the church. Schwartz Funeral Home in Lancaster served the family.