Eileen Christensen, 93, of Oelwein passed away Thursday February 24, 2022 at MercyOne Medical Center in Oelwein.  Private graveside services will be held at Floral Hills Memorial Gardens in Hazleton. 

Eileen was born November 6, 1928 on the family farm in rural Fayette to parents Roy and Luella (Duckett) Roberts.  She graduated from Oelwein High School.  On July 26, 1949 she was united in marriage with Nels Eric Christensen in Oelwein.  Eileen was a homemaker.

Left to celebrate Eileen’s life are her daughter Karen Larkin of Oelwein and her grandson Matthew (Jennifer Earls) Larkin of Topeka, KS.  She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; her brother Lyle Roberts; her sister Laverle Hyman and her son-in-law Clifford Larkin.