Ferrin LaMar Christensen

FERRIN LAMAR CHRISTENSEN, BELOVED FATHER, GRANDFATHER, GREAT GRANDFATHER, BROTHER, FRIEND, AND NEIGHBOR PASSED AWAY THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2026, AT NEW HORIZONS CARE CENTER, HOLDING HANDS WITH HIS DAUGHTERS. LAMAR WAS 85 YEARS OLD AND WOULD HAVE CELEBRATED HIS 86TH BIRTHDAY ON MARCH 30TH.

HE WAS BORN IN REDMOND UTAH ON MARCH 30, 1940, TO HOWARD LAMAR CHRISTENSEN AND MAXINE PETERSEN CHRISTENSEN. HE WAS THE OLDEST OF 6 CHILDREN.

LAMAR MARRIED HIS ETERNAL SWEETHEART, ANDRA LIN DASTRUP IN THE MANTI TEMPLE. WHOM HE LOVED, CHERISHED. THEY WERE MARRIED FOR 61 YEARS. BORN TO LIN AND LAMAR WERE 2 DAUGHTERS, BECKY KAY ONTIVEROZ, AND COLET HART.

LAMAR WORKED FOR GEORGIA PACIFIC FOR 37 YEARS, RETIRING AUGUST 31, 1996. HIS EMPLOYMENT BROUGT MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY. THEY LEFT UTAH IN 1968, MOVING TO GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN BEFORE MOVING TO NEW YORK WHERE THEY RAISED THE GIRLS BEFORE MOVING TO WYOMING IN 1977.

LAMAR ENJOYED THE OUTDOORS, HUNTING, FISHING, CAMPING, GARDENING, AND HE LOVED ALL SPORTS, ESPECIALLY BASEBALL. THE GREATEST JOY IN HIS LIFE WAS HIS FAMILY, EACH OF HIS GRAND CHILDREN WOULD TELL YOU THEY WERE HIS FAVORITE! LAMAR WAS A DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS SERVING IN MANY CALLINGS, INCLUDING 3 BISHOPRICS. HE SHARED WHAT HE HAD WITH FRIENDS AND STRANGERS ALIKE.

LAMAR WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, HOWARD AND MAXINE, HIS WIFE LIN, A GRANDSON, JUSTIN, SON-IN-LAW, HAL D HART, AND BROTHERS MARVIN (HARVE), AND LAMONT CHRISTENSEN.

HE IS SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS, BECKY (MIKE) ONTIVEROZ, AND COLET HART. GRANDCHILDREN, JAMES (MEGAN) DIEKEMPER, PHILLIP DIEKEMPER, STEVEN (DESTINY) HULTGREN, TIFFANY (BRAD) DANIEL, AND DYLAN HULTGREN. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, JAYDEN AND MASON DIEKEMPER, MACI, OAKLEIGH, AND JOURNEY DIEKEMPER, CLARIE, AUDREY, AND HANNAH HULTGREN, AND WYATT DANIEL. ALSO SURVIVED BY CYNDY BROWN, FROM DEVALS BLUFF ARKANSAS. HE LOVED AND WELCOMED HER INTO HIS FAMILY MANY YEARS AGO. LAMAR IS SURVIVED BY BROTHER JERALD (DONNA) CHRISTENSEN, JEANNENE (DEE) KEISEL, AND CAROLEE (DARYL) NOYES.

SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT THE LOVELL STAKE CENTER ON TUESDAY, MARCH 10TH AT 10:00, WITH VISITATION AN HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE. BURIAL WILL BE IN THE LOVELL CEMETERY.

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