Caron Christison

CARON SHIZUE ITO CHRISTISON Dr. Caron Christison, age 56, went home to the Lord surrounded by her family on January 16, 2011, two months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Caron was a board certified psychiatrist who did her medical school training at UC San Diego and her psychiatry training at Duke University. She was a member of the clinical faculty of Loma Linda University Medical School for 22 years, directed the psychiatry clerkship for over ten years, and received the Psychiatry Department\'s Distinguished Faculty Member of the Year award in 1998. Over the past decade, Caron devoted herself to the home-schooling of her three children and became an expert resource for local and national home-schooling communities in choosing and individualizing curricula. The core and foundation of Caron\'s life was her love of, and devotion to, Jesus Christ. She was a member of Trinity Evangelical Free Church and actively participated in small groups and Bible studies. Caron will be remembered for her huge smile, sharp wit, keen intelligence, infectious love of teaching, and deep dedication to her family and her Lord. Caron is survived by her husband, George, their three children, David, Sarah and John, her two brothers, Steve and Doug Ito, their mother, Yukie, three nieces and one nephew. There will be a viewing at Cortner\'s Chapel in Redlands, 221 Brookside Ave., on Sunday, January 23, from 3-5 PM, and a memorial celebration of Caron\'s life on Monday, January 24, at 2 PM at Trinity Evangelical Free Church in Redlands, 1551 Reservoir Road. Caron requested that, in lieu of flowers, donations in her name be made to either of two churches: Trinity-in-the-Pass (make out checks to "Trinity church" with "Caron memorial" written on the memo line, and mail to 1551 Reservoir Road, Redlands CA, 92374) or Stonegate Bible Fellowship, 904 Rancheros Dr., San Marcos, CA 92069. CORTNER CHAPEL REDLANDS, DIRECTOR (909) 793-2353