Catheryen Christiansen Obituary (1978)

Catheryen Jane Rolph Christiansen Catheryen Jane Rolph was born January 23, 1925 to Melvin Alma Rolph and Edna May Gollaher at their home in Tooele, Utah. She passed away peacefully and with a smile in her heart October 23, 2011 at home in Centerville, Utah surrounded by many loved ones. Catheryen , Katy or Cathy as she was also known, was preceded in death by her husband, Rulon LaVerl Christiansen, who died April 6, 1978 in Granger, Utah; also a granddaughter, Megan Christiansen, and a great-granddaughter Roxanne Lily Willardson. She is survived by a son, Gean LaVerl Christiansen (Claire Kathryn Urquhart) of Draper, Utah; a son, Randy Rolph Christiansen (Mary Ann Jones) of Stansbury Park, Utah; a daughter, Jann Edna Christiansen Salisbury (Michael Odin) of Centerville, Utah; a daughter Debra Christiansen Bateman (Stanley Wayne) of Eagle Mountain, Utah; a daughter Kim Patricia Christiansen (Rena Yazzie) of Lakepoint, Utah; a daughter Susan Beebe Trujillo (Ruben) of Tooele, Utah; a brother Donald Melvin Rolph (Virginia Anne Peil, deceased) of Moraga, California; twenty-four grandchildren; and sixty-one great-grandchildren. She cherished time spent with family. Catheryen was raised in Tooele and met her husband, LaVerl, there during their school years. They were married February 11, 1946 in Tooele, Utah and their marriage was later sealed for time and all eternity in the Salt Lake Temple August 22, 1968. Catheryen was a fun, vivacious woman and always had lots of friends. When she was younger she attended the University of Utah, loved to dance, was always designing clothes for paper dolls she had drawn and enjoyed bridge club. She had a passion for drawing, painting, and traveling. She was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and loved the members of the Parrish Canyon Ward and had many friends there. Funeral Services will be held at the Rowland Way LDS Chapel, 610 N Rowland Way Centerville, Utah at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 28, 2011 with a visitation before services from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Family and friends may visit the night before, Thursday, October 27 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Tate Mortuary 110 South Main Street in Tooele, Utah. Interment will be in the Tooele City Cemetery. ï¿½ To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Catheryen Christiansen please visit our Sympathy Store.