Clyde Henry Christiansen

Clyde Henry Christiansen, 96, of Nashua, Mont., passed away on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, at the Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow, Mont.

A visitation will take place Friday, Nov. 27, with family receiving friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Nov. 28, at 11 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow with Pastor Scott Hedegaard officiating, followed by interment in the Nashua Cemetery under the direction of Bell Mortuary.

He was born on Aug. 4, 1919, in Sidney, to Chris and Jennie (Hendricksen) Christiansen. He was raised in the Brorson community and attended the Brorson School. He graduated from Sidney High School in 1937. After working on farms in the area, he joined the CCCs. He was inducted into the army in 1942. During World War II, he was attached to an Army Engineer Battalion and participated in the invasion of Normandy. He served in England, France and Germany and was honorably discharged in 1945. Following his discharge, he worked at the Russell-Miller Milling Co. Flour Mill as warehouse foreman and later as a truck driver.

He married Anna Brown in Sidney on Sept. 16, 1947. In 1956 he enrolled at Moler Barber College in Spokane, Wash., graduating in the spring of 1957. He barbered in Sidney and Scobey for the summer and in November he moved his family to Lewistown. He worked in the Mecca Barber & Beauty Shop until moving to Nashua in August 1961 where he had bought the Nashua Barber Shop. He also cut hair at Valley View Home for several years. He retired in 2008. They moved to Nemont Manor in Glasgow in 2010, and later to Prairie Ridge and finally Valley View Home.

He was an avid reader and enjoyed telling stories and drawing pictures for his children and grandchildren. He was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Nashua and served as head usher for over 20 years. He was also a member of the Nashua Senior Citizens and the American Legion. He and Anna square danced for over 30 years and attended several state conventions.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Anna; three brothers, Alton, Raymond and Harry; one sister, Myrtle Sorensen; one grand-daughter, Penny Yeoman; one son-in-law, Vernon Leivestad; and two great-grandchildren, Hank Tessier and Archer Tvedt.

Survivors include four daughters, Carol Schumacher and her husband, Steve, of Malta, Connie Keough and her husband, Bert, of Glasgow, Darlene Newstrom and her husband, Steve, of Billings, and Linda Tvedt and her husband, Roger, of Wibaux; six grandchildren, Erik Schumacher and his wife, Megan, of Boise, Idaho, Joel Schumacher and his wife, Tara, of Belgrade, Michael Tvedt and his wife, Melissa, of Wibaux, Larissa Tessier and her husband, Zachary, of Belfield, N.D., Kristen Gilfeather and her husband, Daniel, of Billings, and Daniel Yeoman of Billings; eight great-grandchildren, Trevin Yeoman, Gus Tvedt, Delaney Tvedt, Jack Tvedt, Hadley Tessier, Hayden Tessier, Tori Schumacher and Oliver Gilfeather; and one brother, Thomas Christiansen and his wife, Rose, of Kalispell; and several nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be sent to the Macular Degeneration Foundation, Box 531313, Henderson, NV 89053; to Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Nashua, or the charity of your choice.

Bell Mortuary of Glasgow is in charge of arrangements.