Mary Marjorie Christensen was born September 27, 1923 in Wakonda, SD to parents Stanley and Rose (Cranny) Anderson. She died March 14, 2007 at Avera McKennan Hospice in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 83 years, 5 months and 17 days. Marj had two brothers and two sisters and lived on a farm near Irene, SD. She attended Ireland Country School and graduated from Irene High School. On November 6, 1941, she married Arnold Moen. They continued to raise Arnies twin brothers, Ken and Curt, whose parents had died. They had four sons, Jerry, Stanley, Joe and Dan. Arnie and Marj farmed until 1948, and then moved to Irene where Arnie worked as a corn sheller. They lovingly raised their sons and later loved spending time with their grandsons. After her children were in school Marj worked at Sunset Manor Nursing Home and then as a teachers aide in the Irene school, which she really enjoyed. Arnie died in 1986. Her sons and families are Jerry and Diane Moen of Sioux Falls, SD, Joe and Jonna Moen of Waseca, MN, and Dan and Ardis Moen of Aberdeen, SD. She has eleven grandsons, Sean, Trevor, Jason, and Chris, sons of Jerry and Diane; Pat, Dave, Tom, and Mike, sons of Joe and Jonna, and Brian, Matthew, and Robert, sons of Dan and Ardis. She has six great grandchildren, Collin, Zachariah, and Micah, sons of Sean and Stephanie Moen; Andrew and Abigail Mary, children of Trevor and Becky Moen; and Jacob, son of Jason Moen. Marj married Russell Christensen on March 4, 1989. They lived in Beresford, SD until 2005, when they moved to Sioux Falls, SD. Russells son Bruce and wife Jana of Bozeman, MT, his daughter Pam of Sioux Falls, and Russells grandchildren, Anna, Sara, and Eric, and great grandchildren Noah and Ella are an important part of her family. Marj has two sisters, Marguerite Preheim of Wayne, NE, and Verona Moen and husband Ken of Sioux Falls. She was preceded in death by her husband Arnold Moen, infant son Stanley, parents, two brothers, Kenneth and Joe Anderson, and sister Viola Anderson. The family requests memorials in the form of donations to charity. Funeral services will be 10:00AM, Saturday, March 17 at St. Teresa Catholic Church, Beresford, with burial at Riverview Cemetery, Centerville. Visitaion will be Friday from 6:30PM to 8PM with a wake service at 7:00PM at St. Teresa Catholic Church.