Obit: Christie, Philip Henry #2 (1888 - 1957)

Contact: Stan

Surnames: Christie, Koch, Stafford 
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 06/06/1957 
 

Christie, Philip Henry (24 Aug. 1888 - 3 June 1957) 
 

Services will be held at Greenwood Friday at 2:00 p.m. at the Stabnow Funeral Home for Philip Henry Christie, 68, Riplinger, who died at 4:30 p.m. Monday at St. Joseph's hospital, Marshfield, a few hours after being admitted. He became ill while at work. 
 

The Rev. Charles Koch, pastor of Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church, will conduct the services and burial will be made in the Greenwood Cemetery.  
 

Mr. Christie was born in Christie, Aug. 24, 1888, and obtained his education at the Eaton Center school. For many years he operated a livery stable at Greenwood and in 1930 came to Abbotsford where he was employed as a garage mechanic for 21 years. For the past five years he had lived in Riplinger and was employed at a box factory. 
 

He is survived by his widow, the former Dimples Stafford, whom he married Nov. 25, 1944, at Owen; and two brothers, Free Christie, Neillsville; and High Christie, Greenwood. Two brothers and a sister preceded him in death.