Dorothy Shirley CHRISTIANSON: Geneastory

Generation: 1

Dorothy Shirley CHRISTIANSON was born on 7 Jan 1920 in Brooklyn, New York; died on 5 Oct 2001 in Canby, Clackamas County, Oregon.

Notes:

A 1965 newspaper article said that her sisters were “Jeanne Tellefsen and Ann Christiansen of Rowland.”

Her obit from the October 27, 2001, edition of the Portland Oregonian:

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, 2001, in Canby Funeral Chapel for Dorothy Shirley Ellingboe, who died Oct. 5 at age 81. Mrs. Ellingboe was born Dorothy Shirley Christiansen on Jan. 7, 1920, in Brooklyn, N.Y. A pastor's wife, she lived in Africa for 10 years and throughout the United States before moving in 1975 to Portland and in about 1981 to Canby. She was a receptionist in the radiology clinic at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and later a chocolate-maker at Filbert Treats in Canby before retiring in the early 1990s. In 1953, she married the Rev. Robert "Ted" Ellingboe; he died in 1997.

Survivors include her daughters, Elisabeth Molatore and Christine Ruth Ellingboe; son, Jonathan C.; sister, Anne Engvaldsen; brothers, Robert Christiansen and Kenneth Christiansen; and three grandchildren.

Dorothy married Robert Theodore (Ted) ELLINGBOE on 24 Jan 1953. Robert (son of Knute Ivarsen ELLINGBOE and Thora B LARSEN) was born on 22 Apr 1923 in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota; died on 13 Dec 1997 in Clackamas County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Christine Ruth ELLINGBOE was born on 7 Mar 1958 in Cameroun; died on 22 Mar 2004 in Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon.
3. Jonathan Carl ELLINGBOE was born on 22 Jun 1964 in Pennsylvania; died on 10 Sep 2023 in Pennsylvania.

Generation: 2

Christine Ruth ELLINGBOE

(1.Dorothy¹) was born on 7 Mar 1958 in Cameroun; died on 22 Mar 2004 in Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon.

Notes:

A Christine Elllingboe married Darrell Garner in Marion County, Oregon, on 22 May 1978.

A Christine Ellingboe married Scott Watson in Clackamas County, Oregon, on 12 April 1980.

Called Christine Ellingboe in her father’s obit.

Died:
The Oregon Death Index says Multnomah County, spouse’s name “Rickie.”

Jonathan Carl ELLINGBOE

(1.Dorothy¹) was born on 22 Jun 1964 in Pennsylvania; died on 10 Sep 2023 in Pennsylvania.

Notes:

Studied at Clackamas Community College. Went to Faith Christian School. Lived in Gettysburg.

Jonathan C Ellingboe, 59 of Gettysburg passed away on September 10, 2023. Jonathan was the beloved brother of Elisabeth Molatore and is also survived by his ex-wife, Linda Ellingboe. Jonathan was preceded in death by his parents, Ted and Dorothy Ellingboe, and a sister, Christine Ellingboe.

Family/Spouse: Linda. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]