Gerald William Christenson

For Mike C. and family of Jerry and Pearl,
From and old highschool friend of Jerry's and the entire Christenson family. Just learned of Jerry's induction into the LHS Hall of Fame.Strange, but I was reading his obit. last week and thought:"Jerry should be inducted into the LHS Hall of Fame" and this week it happened.
My greetings to your family, condolences on the recent loss of your Mother, Pearl.

Now, a year after Jerry's passing, I still miss him. While he was in our midst, he did so many great things that he is not forgotten. I think of him often. At a Ripknees' basketball game at Concordia College, I looked across the court and thought I saw him seated in the front row. He was such a wonderful friend, it is unfortunate he could not be among us longer.

Our Prayers and sympathy are with you all, Pearl I was sorry not to be near at this time. Tom our thought are with you, Love Mary Ellen and Whitey

I was so fortunate to be taught by Gerald Christenson at Mounds View High School when I was an AFS student from New Zealand in 1960-61. Coming from a small country high school in NZ where we were taught to write and read for research but rarely to discuss and debate, he opened my mind to issues of racial tolerance and injustices, of political and social questions both in the US and the world and of relationships between people. Through his personality and his rapport with his students, he...

As one of the initial members of Jerry's Certificate In Community College Teaching program, I can thank him for my current employment at Normandale Community College.

While he would say I earned it, it is clear without his help and inspiration, it doesn't happen.

Many people dream. Jerry turned dreams into reality. He did it the old-fashioned way. With enthusiasm, grit and determination.

I feel fortunate to have been touched by his greatness. He...

Dear Christenson family;
My deepest sympathy to all of you on the loss of your father and husband. Karen and Pearl you were a big support to our family when we lost our father a few years ago as well as when my brother died several years before that. I really admired your dad and everything he stood for. I know he's with Kathy and they're both watching over all of you.

I was a student of Jerry's at Mounds View during my Senior year (1964). I also visited him in Washington D.C. in 1968. I last saw him at the Mounds View reunion a year and a half ago. Of all the teachers I have ever had during college and law school and seminary, he impacted me the most with his challenges to think, to be compassionate and to understand why things were happening in the world. I can still see him leading a discussion on Martin Luther King. He will be missed, but not forgotten...

I had the honor of being one of Uncle Ger's many nieces and nephews. Not until I was grown, and especially on his passing, did I become wawre of what an inspiration he was. He was a success as a brother, uncle, father and husband, as well as an educator and a public servant. My love to aunt Pearl and my cousins.