Donna Jean Christianson | |
Office: | Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 66A district |
Predecessor: | Marvin E. Christianson Sr. |
Birth Name: | Donna Jean Andrae |
Birth Date: | 17 October 1931 |
Birth Place: | Pekin, Illinois |
Death Place: | Fairmont, Minnesota |
Resting Place: | Halstad, Minnesota |
Party: | Democrat |
Donna Jean Christianson (née Andrae; October 17, 1931 - May 11, 2015) was an American politician, farmer and homemaker.[1]
Born in Pekin, Illinois to Wilbert and Viola (née Strope) Andrae, she was a potato farmer, billing agent, and homemaker in Halstad, Minnesota. She married Marvin Christianson in February 1950.[2] Her husband Marvin served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1967 until his death in 1969 from cancer. Christianson was elected in a special election succeeding her husband in the Minnesota House of Representatives. Christianson was a Democrat.
Christianson died of cancer on May 11, 2015 and had lived in Fairmont, Minnesota.[3] Her funeral was held at Grace Lutheran Church, Fairmont, and she was buried in Halstad.[4] [5]