Funeral services for 67-year old Steven A Christensen of Audubon will be held on Wednesday, November 4, 2020, at 2:00 P.M. at the Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon with Pastor Dan Beattie officiating. There will be an open visitation on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, from 9:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. with the family present from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. at the Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon. Interment will be in the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimballton. Casket bearers will be Keith Christensen, Duane Christensen, Corey Mahoney, Jesse Jorgensen, Trent Jorgensen, and James Crawley. Honorary casket bearers will be: Brody Christensen, Emma Christensen, Hunter Roney, Madison Mahoney, Gavin Mahoney, Carter Griffin, Kyra Rudolph, Kira Griffin, Chloe Rudolph, Bob and Pat Jensen, Dale Esbeck, Dale Linn, Dale Christensen, Curtis Christensen and Robert Crawley. The Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon is in charge of his arrangements.
Steve was baptized and confirmed at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimballton, Iowa. He attended rural schools for three years before transferring to the Audubon Community Schools, graduating as the Valedictorian of the High School Class of 1971. He then attended Iowa State University for a year before returning to Audubon, where he worked alongside his father as a carpenter.
In 1977, he was united in marriage to Ruth Nielsen at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimballton. They were blessed with two sons: Jon and Daniel. He was employed as a foreman for May Construction for several years until 1992, when he started his own construction company that he operated for five years. Following that, he worked at Sky Jack for five years, then Handlos Family Farms until he retired in 2013 due to failing health.
On November 29, 2010, he was united in marriage to Annette Crawley at the Brayton Lutheran Church in Brayton, Iowa. Steve and Annette cherished their road trips together out in the country, taking in all the scenery. In his spare time he loved to fix things if he wasn’t fishing or hunting. Steve was a jokester and loved to tell everyone his jokes, whether they were clean or dirty. Most of all, he treasured his time spent with his family, especially, with his grandchildren.
Preceding him in death were his son, Daniel Christensen; his parents; his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Harley and Edna Crawley; his brother-in-law, James Crawley; and his sister-in-law, Doris Card.
Survivors include his wife, Annette Christensen of Audubon, Iowa; his children: Jon and wife Brittany Christensen of Omaha, Nebraska; Rebecca and husband Corey Mahoney of Missouri Valley, Iowa; and Jesse and wife Jeanna Rudolph of Harlan, Iowa; his grandchildren: Brody Christensen, Emma Christensen, Hunter Roney, Madison Mahoney, Gavin Mahoney, Carter Griffin, Kyra Rudolph, Kira Griffin, and Chloe Rudolph; his brothers and sisters: Patricia and husband Kenny Knutsen of Lidderdale, Iowa; Curtis Christensen of Exira, Iowa; Dale Christensen of Audubon; Sheryl and husband Dale Linn of Audubon; Keith Christensen of Kimballton, Iowa; Duane and wife Jeannie Christensen of Audubon; and Amy and husband John Jorgensen of Audubon; his brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: Patrick and wife Bertha Crawley of Cumberland, Iowa; Allen and wife Deb Crawley of Waynesville, Missouri; John and wife Becky Crawley of Burwell, Nebraska; and Brent and wife Bobbie Crawley of Glenwood, Iowa; as well as nieces, nephews, other relatives, and many friends.
Steve’s funeral service will be live-streamed on our Facebook page at KESSLER FUNERAL HOMES INC. To get to our Facebook page, log into your Facebook account (you will need one to view the service), search for and navigate to the KESSLER FUNERAL HOMES INC. Facebook page and at the time the service goes live, it will populate in our timeline. You may also scroll to the bottom of our homepage at www.kesslerfuneralhomes.com page and click the Facebook logo to be taken directly to our page. If you experience difficulties viewing the broadcast at the time of the service, the recording will remain on our Facebook page for additional viewing opportunities.
