White Funeral Home
1315 Main Street
Jesup, Iowa 50648

Jesup – Wallace C. Christopherson, 90 years old and formerly of Jesup, IA, died Friday, February 27, 2015, at ABCM Nursing and Rehabilitation Center – East Campus in Independence, IA. 

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. – Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at the American Lutheran Church, Jesup, with burial at St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery at Locust, rural Decorah, IA.  Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Monday at the White Funeral Home, Jesup, IA and for an hour before services Tuesday at the church.  Memorials will be directed to the St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery Association at Locust. Online condolences may be posted at www.White-MtHope.com

Wallace Carsten "Walley" Christopherson was born November 15, 1924, in Winneshiek County, Iowa the son of William Christopherson and Cora (Gjere) Christopherson.  He served in the US Army and as a paratrooper during World War II.  On September 10, 1945, he was united in marriage to Mae Caroline Knoke at St. John’s Lutheran Church at Locust.  He farmed from 1945 – 1974 and then he and Mae moved to Jesup where he worked at Christopherson Hydraulic Jack repair until 1984.  He also drove school bus several years for Jesup Community Schools. Wally was a member of the American Lutheran Church and Pump-Scheer American Legion Post 342 in Jesup and was a member of the Independence Merry Mixers square dance club for many years.

Mr. Christopherson is survived by his wife of 69 years, Mae Christopherson of Independence; one son, Carsten (Barb) Christopherson of Cedar Rapids; three daughters, Barbara (Jon) Wilken of Salem, S.C., Beverly (Merle) Headington of Cedar Rapids, Debra (John) Williams of Winthrop; 9 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; six sisters, Mary Sanders of Luck, WI, Crystal Thayer of Sarasota, FL, Thelma (Charlie) Brown of Sun City, AZ, Ruth (Jim) Wilson of Cedar Rapids, Grace (Ken) Johnson of Las Vegas, NV, Arlene (Ron) Vavroch of Cape Coral, FL; one brother, Ivan Christopherson of Cedar Rapids; and many nieces and nephews.  He is preceded in death by his parents, five brothers, Carmen, Jerome, Robert, Raymond, and Francis Christopherson; and two sisters, Esther Stevensen and Betty Hansel.