- Date Of Birth: May 30, 1943
- Date Of Death: January 4, 2022
- State: Idaho
Wayne Starr Christiansen, 78, of Irwin, Idaho, passed away January 4, 2022, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.
Wayne was born May 30, 1943, in Malad, Idaho, to Arden Andrew Christiansen and Hazel Elizabath Petersen Christiansen. He grew up in Pocatello, Idaho and attended schools in Pocatello, Irwin and O.E. Bell in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
On August 26, 1961, he married Rosie Bird in Bluebell, Utah. Wayne and Rosie made their home in Irwin, Idaho, where Wayne worked as a maintenance foreman for the Bureau of Reclamation.
Wayne is survived by his loving wife, Rosie Bird Christiansen of Irwin, ID; daughter, Julie Ann (Dale) Tomechko of Irwin, ID; daughter, Margie (Lee) Snider of Irwin, ID; daughter, Leisa JoAnn (Ken) Nelson of Huntersville, NC; daughter, Sandra Kay (Charles) Alford of Elkton, MD; son, Dwayne (Lisa) Christiansen of Irwin, ID; daughter, Kristal (Chris Lamb) Christiansen of Idaho Falls, ID; sister, Theda JoAnn Christiansen; and 18 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Andrew Jeff Christiansen; brothers, James Eugene Christiansen, Arden Joy Christiansen, Dwayne Christiansen, Lynn Christiansen, Neil Christiansen, Lewis Deon Christiansen, Carol O’lean Christiansen; and sisters, Hazel Amelia Christiansen, and Ella Ardeen Christiansen.
