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Show Judge Christensen Dies After 22-Year Service Judge George Christensen, SO, who presided over the Seventh judicial district for 22 years, believed be-lieved to be a longer period than held by any other judge who ias held office, died in a Salt Lake hospital Wednesday at 1 p. m. of causes incident to age. Judge Christensen served on the bench in the Seventh judicial district from 1916 to 19-10, with the exception of two years. He-retired He-retired in 1940. He was born in Aarhus, Denmark, Den-mark, Feb. 24, 1866, a son of Emanuel and Mina Rasmussen Christensen. He received his bachelor of science and law degree de-gree from Central university in Indiana. He was admitted to the Utah bar in 1904 and to the district dis-trict and circuit courts of the United States in the same year. Served L D S Mission Judge Christensen served a mission for the L D S church in Denmark from 1895 to 1898, and was president of the Copenhagen conference. During the last six months of his mission he served as president of the Scandinavian mission. Judge Christensen was principal princi-pal of the district schools in Mt. Pleasant from 1889 to 1896, and was treasurer nf Siannpto rnnnh in 1904. He was elected mayor of Mt. Pleasant in 1900, serving a two-year term, and was superintendent superin-tendent of Sanpetecounty schools from 1901 to 1903. He was principal prin-cipal of the commercial department depart-ment at Snow college from 1901 to 1904 and Sanpete county attorney at-torney from 1911 to 1916. Carbon Bank Director During 1902 and 1916 Judge Christensen was city attorney for Mt. Pleasant, Ephraim, Fairview, Spring City, Moroni and Fountain Foun-tain Green. He was director of the Carbon County bank, secretary secre-tary of the Eastern Utah Electric Co. and a member of the Carbon county, Utah and American Bar Associations. A first lieutenant in the Utah national guard for six years, he was a member of a selective service serv-ice board during World War I and was a member of the chamber of commerce in Price. He also served as trustee of Price hospital and Snow college, Ephraim. Judge Christensen was a member mem-ber of the high council of Price L D S ward. He and Mrs. Christensen Chris-tensen had lived in Salt Lake City 18 months. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Frances Ellison Christensen, Salt Lake City; two daughters. Mrs. Florence C. Kennedy and Mrs. Ethel C. Barton, Salt Lake City; two sons, Dr. G. Q. Christensen, Chris-tensen, Oakland, and Harold E. Christensen, Wilmette, 111., and a nephew, Arthur Christensen, Denmark; 15 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted con-ducted Saturday at 2 p. m. in the Mt. Pleasant South ward chapel by J. Seymour Jensen, bishop. |