Sara Jo Harvey-Christensen

Sara Jo Harvey-Christensen was born June 15, 1946 to Walter Carlton, Jr. and Mary Marie (Stauffer) Harvey in Omaha, Nebraska. She grew up in Gering, Nebraska where her father and grandfather were two of the town doctors.
Sara graduated from college at Nebraska Wesleyan (Lincoln) and taught elementary school for several years including a stint as a civilian teacher with the U.S. Army in Göppingen, Germany in the mid '70s. Her later career was with Huntington Learning Center as a tutor.
She married and divorced Dennis Stark in Nebraska and then moved to St. Paul, Minnesota where she met Gailen Scott Christensen, Jr. at a church choir rehearsal in 1986. They married on June 20, 1987 and lived in White Bear Township and later in the city of White Bear Lake.
Sara was a lifelong member of the United Methodist Women, PEO and the Phi Mu sorority.
Sara died January 10, 2026 of Fahr's Syndrome, a complication of her lifelong battle with Pseudo Hypo Parathyroid, a genetic condition.
Sara is preceded in death by her parents and sister Janet Carol Hubbell. She is survived by her husband Scott; her sister Laurie Anne Harvey; brother-in-law Jaymes Hubbell; nieces and nephews.
Funeral Service 11:00 AM, Friday, January 23, 2026 at PATH OF GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 759 East County Road B, Maplewood, with a Visitation one hour before the Service. Interment, Acacia Park Cemetery, Mendota Heights.
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