Zelma Irene Christian, Council Grove
1921 - 2008
Zelma Irene “Zee” Christian of Council Grove died Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, at the Morris County Hospital in Council Grove. She was 86.
Mrs. Christian was a cook for the Council Grove school district for more than 20 years.
The daughter of Loren “Quail” and Irene McCabe Stewart, she was born Aug. 2, 1921, at Alta Vista. She graduated from Saffordville High School in 1939.
She married Howard Dale Christian on Jan. 24, 1941, at Coffeyville. He died April 17, 1996.
Mrs. Christian was a member of the Council Grove Christian Church.
She is survived by one daughter, Dana Dale Pattison of Council Grove; two sisters, Evelyn LeMere and Paula Crumley, both of Topeka; two brothers, Ron Stewart of Junction City and Bill Stewart of Surprise, Ariz.; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. One brother, Mac Stewart; and three sisters, Wanita Couch, Betty Dillon and Rosa Bittenbender, died earlier.
The memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Council Grove Christian Church. Mrs. Christian was cremated. Inurnment will be at a later date in Cedar Grove Cemetery. The family will meet friends from 7 to 8:30 today at the Penwell-Gabel Flint Hills Chapel in Council Grove.
Memorial contributions to the Salvation Army may be sent in care of the funeral home, 137 N. Union St., Council Grove, KS 66846.
Messages to the family may be left at www.PenwellGabel.com.