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Maydrith M. Christianson,   Age 90
Visitation Date/Time: No Visitation
Funeral Location: Graveside Services to be held at a later date
Burial Location: Onamia Veterans Cemetery, Onamia, Minnesota
   
    MAYDRITH M. CHRISTIANSON, 90
    Waite Park
    September 18, 1922 ~ March 20, 2013
    
     Maydrith Marie Christianson, age 90, Waite Park, MN, formerly of Rice, MN died Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at Sterling Park Health Care Center, Waite Park, MN.
     Graveside services will be held at a later date at Onamia Veterans Cemetery, Onamia, MN. Funeral arrangements were made by Benson Funeral Home, St. Cloud, MN.
     Maydrith was born September 18, 1922 in Cumberland, WI to Fred and Mathilda Fahrenholz. She graduated from high school in Cumberland and attended college for one year, pursing a degree in education. On January 5, 1946 in Oskosh, WI Maydrith was united in marriage with Kermet Christianson. From 1948 to 1958, the couple farmed in Baldwin, Wisconsin and then moved to Tracy, Minnesota where they ran Hotel Tracy until their retirement in 1977. They then moved to Port Mille Lacs, MN. After the loss of her husband in January of 1990, Maydrith moved to Marshall, MN where she lived until 2002 when she moved to Rice, MN. Maydrith was a member of the Jehovah’s Witness Congregation. She enjoyed sewing, paint crafts and raising house plants.
     Survivors include a daughter, Gail Swanson (Ervin Raduenz, Jr.) of Albany, MN; sister, Iola Voetman of Baldwin, WI; five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
     She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Kermet; daughter, Karen Edwards.
     Memorials are preferred to Alzheimer’s Association Minnesota - North Dakota, 7900 W. 78th St., Ste. 100, Minneapolis, MN 55439.
 
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