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Allard Christenson, age 92, of Mahnomen, MN, died Thursday, February 25, 2021, at the Mahnomen Health Center Nursing Home.

Allard John Christenson was born July 1st, 1928 in the Paynesville, Minnesota Hospital. His parents were Alfred and Emma (Sunde) Christenson. He grew up on the family farm in Irving Township, Kandiyohi County. He attended District #24 through the 8th grade and graduated in a ceremony for country schools at the Willmar Auditorium. He then attended Paynesville High School and graduated with the class of 1946. He attended Augsburg College for two years and then transferred to the University of Minnesota where he majored in Agronomy and a minor in Chemistry.

He married Marguerite (Peggy) Daugherty on October 18, 1957. He was employed by Northrup King working in their hybrid corn department, He later worked for Land O'Lakes in their traffic division. In 1964, he became an agronomist/loan planner for the USDA Farmers Home Administration. The family lived in Litchfield and St. Cloud, Minnesota and Hampton, Iowa prior to moving to Mahnomen where Allard led the opening of a new FHA (Farmers Home Administration) office. He has always loved farming and his goal was to help farmers make a good living farming.

Allard was a very active member of First Lutheran Church where he was a council member, a choir member, and a Sunday School teacher. He was a dedicated leader for the Running Brook 4-H Club for 25 years, as well as an avid member of the SnoDrifters Snowmobile club! He was a faithful and enthusiastic fan of Mahnomen athletics, theatre, and musical activities, the Minnesota Vikings, and proudly talked of these activities. He was a gifted wood worker and built all of their furniture made mostly of maple. He enjoyed fishing, deer hunting, snowmobiling, dancing, playing cards, coffee breaks, candy, camping, music, and traveling.

He is survived by his wife, Peggy; children: Caryn Hewitt of Fargo, North Dakota; Julie (Ron) Barrett of Glendale, Arizona; Robyn (Rick) Spaeth of Paynesville; Mark (Mishelle) of Alexandria; and David of Paynesville, Minnesota. Grandchildren; Martty, Kelsy, Alexys, Trevor, Justin, Lindsay, Abbriella, Jordan, Hayden, Lauren, Kendal, Micah, Keely, Daniel, Joey, Jacob, Christopher and Great Grandchildren; Morgan, Molly and Eli. He is also survived by sister Doris Behr.

He will be buried at the family gravesite at Nordland Lutheran Church, rural Paynesville, Minnesota.

A Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 6, 2021 at the First Lutheran Church, Mahnomen, MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church with seating limited to family and close friends. Burial will be in the Nordland Lutheran Church Cemetery, rural Paynesville, MN, in the spring.

For those not able to attend in person, Allard's funeral service will be recorded and available for viewing at www.andersonfamilyfh.com, within Allard's obituary page.

Following all Covid-19 safety protocols, social distancing will be practiced, and all must wear a mask to participate.  The service will be recorded and available on the website shortly after the service.

Please feel free to sign the guestbook, send condolences and view other opportunities which may be available to the public due to COVID-19 restrictions.