Thanksgiving Post

I am grateful this year go have extended family who we can now better communicate with due to email, facebook, blogs,etc.  We live so far away from most of my relatives, that I feel the need to grow closer.

There are several loved ones in the Christopher family we have lost these last few years that I want to honor and give thanks for their contribution to our extended family.  They all mean a great deal to me, as everyone in our family does, and I am thankful that there are more extended family members that I haven't met in person that are now able to communicate through email and blogging.  As we plan our reunion for 2012, let us also plan to reunite with these loved ones in the great hereafter.

"Gene" Harry Eugene Christopher, b. Nov. 30, 1943, Richmond CA   d. Oct 21, 2011, Hermiston, OR,

Son of Robert and Beulah (Winner) Christopher, stepson of Juanita Christopher; sisters Jill Spieker and Brenda Beers;married to Beverly (for more than 50 years) Sons: Robert and Terry Christopher; grandchildren:. Michael, Cody, Jamie, Shanico, Amber, Levi.  Great Grandchildren; Austin, Jayden

Marjorie Lee Christopher Sparks, b. May 1, 1946  d. August 14, 2009. Daughter of Ken and Ruby Christopher; married to Weldon Sparks, mother of Judy Hudek, Richard Frey and Heather Stiles.  Grandmother of: Charlotte Hudek, Allie Smith, Talon Smith

Ken Christopher, b Sept 7, 1916 - d April 7, 2009 Son of Carl and Inga Christopher, husband  to Ruby Fleming  and Millie Olsen Christopher;  and father to Gloria Blake and Marjorie Sparks.

Gloria Jean Christopher Blake, b Oct 25, 1942  - d Sept 21, 2006   Daughter of Ken and Ruby Christopher, mother of  Kenneth Blake, Kimberly Hudse,

Grandmother of Julia Hudse, Dylan Hudse