This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Christiansen, Weber, Blanton, Rumbaugh, Mareschal, Hauff, Standish, Grote Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0k.2ADE/3200 Message Board Post: Leona Frances Christiansen, 78, of Fallbrook, Calif., died of cancer Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006 at her home. Leona Weber Christiansen, daughter of Peter and Julie Weber, was born August 6, 1928 in Dunlap, Iowa. Before she was married Phil Christiansen and moved to California, she worked in the office of Dr. C. W. Byrnes in Dunlap. She lived in Fallbrook, Calif. For 36 years. She was a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church and the Joslyn Senior Center. These are a few of her favorite things: kissing Phil, grandchildren, angels, playing 500 or euchre, baking bread with "Robin Hood" flour, having tea parties, wearing hats, sewing polka dot matching outfits, painting, gardening, having company over, designing houses, making sugar cookies and apple pies, a well deserved martini, planting seeds, dancing, watching Little League games, camping. Leona was preceded in death by her husband, Philip John Christiansen in 2003; her parents; two sons, David H. Christiansen in 2003 and Mich! ael P. Christiansen in 1986; three brothers, James L. Weber, Harvey Weber and Earl Weber. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, John and Julie Christiansen of Greeley, Colo., Peter Christiansen of Garden Grove, Calif., Jim and Marlene Christiansen of Fallbrook, Calif., Paul and Karen Christiansen of Kingman, Ariz., Dixie Blanton of Fallbrook, Calif., and Patty Lu Christiansen of Paso Robles, Calif; daughters and sons-in-law, Carol and Terry Rumbaugh of Temecula, Calif., Patti and Michael Mareschal, Cyndi and Tim Hauff, and Cammy and Dennis Standish, all of Fallbrook, Calif; brother, Marvin Weber of Torrance, Calif.; sister, Pearl Grote of Fallbrook, Calif.; 29 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Fallbrook, Calif., at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7. Interment followed at Fallbrook Masonic Cemetery. The family suggests donations to Peter's Catholic Community Church building fund, 450 S. Stagecoach Lane, Fallbrook, Calif. 92028. Respectfully submitted for other researchers. ©The Dunlap Reporter 2006