DICKINSON -- Palmer Christensen, 87, Dickinson, died Aug. 27, 1997, in a Dickinson nursing home. Graveside services will be held at 4 p.m. CDT today at Mandan Union Cemetery, with the Rev. John Nicholi officiating.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to noon MDT today at Price-Murphy Funeral Home, Dickinson.
Palmer was born April 23, 1910, in Yucca, to Leonard and Pauline (Peterson) Christensen. He attended the country schools of Yucca near Mandan. He was a carpenter in Dickinson, and helped run a motel. He was single and had never married.
He is survived by two sisters, Lily Watkins, Long Beach, Calif., and Olga Duemeland, Bismarck; one nephew and his wife, Skip and Joni Duemeland, Bismarck; and very special friends, Charles and Martha Rounsville, Dickinson.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and one sister, Spara Duemeland.
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