Fryxell Family Tree 2019 - Person Sheet
NameChristine Fryxell 
3
3Birth3 Sep 1943, Decatur, Illinois3
Death11 Mar 2015
Burial14 Mar 2015, Houghton, Michigan
FatherBurton Lyman Fryxell (1910-1983)
MotherVera Anderson (1910-2003)
Notes for Christine Fryxell
Christine Fryxell Bohnsack
March 13, 2015
The Daily Mining Gazette
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KEWEENAW BAY -Christine Fryxell Bohnsack, known by many as Tina, passed away March 11, 2015 at Marquette General Hospital of complications from a stroke suffered Saturday morning.
She was born September 3, 1943 in Decatur, Illinois, to Burton and Vera (Anderson) Fryxell. Her beloved father was a college professor in the midst of his career. In the first 10 years of her life, besides Decatur, Tina lived in Fairmont, West Virginia; Fairbanks, Alaska; and Cedarburg, Wisconsin before arriving in Houghton in 1953. She was a 1961 graduate of Houghton High School and a 1965 graduate of Albion College.
She married Robert Henry Bohnsack on September 17, 1966 at Trinity Church Episcopal in Houghton. After spending nearly nine years in the U. S. Air Force with Bob, they moved to Madison, Wisconsin where they lived until they returned to Houghton in 1984. In her years in Madison, her Christian faith became deeply rooted and making life better for others, especially those in the pain of grief, became her mission. In Houghton, Tina soon became involved with Portage Lake Hospice and also recognized her call to the ministry of Jesus Christ in the United Methodist Church.
She became a Local Pastor in 1992 and after studying at Garret Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, Tina was ordained a Deacon in the United Methodist Church in 1999. She served churches in Painesdale, Lake Linden, Laurium, Ontonagon, Rockland, and Greenland before retiring in 2004 to her home on Keweenaw Bay which she loved so much. In retirement she continued her church activities and became a member of the Board of Directors for Omega House in Houghton.
She was a member of the L'Anse United Methodist Church, which is a group of people she loved dearly. Tina, along with her husband, was a 6-year veteran of Cardiac Rehabilitation at Portage Hospital. Both the keepers and her fellow inmates are another group of people she dearly loved.
Tina was preceded in death by her parents; and a son, Mark.
She is survived by her husband of more than 48 years, Bob; son, Michael (and special friend Cindy) of Morrisville, North Carolina; daughter, Heather Miller (James) of Portage, Indiana; and son, Steven (Kerry) of Maple Grove, Minnesota. Tina was a grandmother to five wonderful children, Mitchell Miller, Fletcher Miller, Paisley Miller, Mark Bohnsack, and Ryan Bohnsack. She is also survived by a brother Jon of Burnsville, Minnesota.
Tina's funeral will be 1 p.m. Saturday, March 14, 2015 at Grace United Methodist Church in Houghton. Pastors Stephen Rhoades and John Henry will officiate.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. followed immediately by the funeral service.
In lieu of other expressions of sympathy, please contribute in her memory to either the L'Anse United Methodist Church or Omega House in Houghton.
To view Christine's obituary or to send condolences to the family please visit memorialchapel.net.
The Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes have been assisting the family with the arrangements.
March 13, 2015
The Daily Mining Gazette
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KEWEENAW BAY -Christine Fryxell Bohnsack, known by many as Tina, passed away March 11, 2015 at Marquette General Hospital of complications from a stroke suffered Saturday morning.
She was born September 3, 1943 in Decatur, Illinois, to Burton and Vera (Anderson) Fryxell. Her beloved father was a college professor in the midst of his career. In the first 10 years of her life, besides Decatur, Tina lived in Fairmont, West Virginia; Fairbanks, Alaska; and Cedarburg, Wisconsin before arriving in Houghton in 1953. She was a 1961 graduate of Houghton High School and a 1965 graduate of Albion College.
She married Robert Henry Bohnsack on September 17, 1966 at Trinity Church Episcopal in Houghton. After spending nearly nine years in the U. S. Air Force with Bob, they moved to Madison, Wisconsin where they lived until they returned to Houghton in 1984. In her years in Madison, her Christian faith became deeply rooted and making life better for others, especially those in the pain of grief, became her mission. In Houghton, Tina soon became involved with Portage Lake Hospice and also recognized her call to the ministry of Jesus Christ in the United Methodist Church.
She became a Local Pastor in 1992 and after studying at Garret Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, Tina was ordained a Deacon in the United Methodist Church in 1999. She served churches in Painesdale, Lake Linden, Laurium, Ontonagon, Rockland, and Greenland before retiring in 2004 to her home on Keweenaw Bay which she loved so much. In retirement she continued her church activities and became a member of the Board of Directors for Omega House in Houghton.
She was a member of the L'Anse United Methodist Church, which is a group of people she loved dearly. Tina, along with her husband, was a 6-year veteran of Cardiac Rehabilitation at Portage Hospital. Both the keepers and her fellow inmates are another group of people she dearly loved.
Tina was preceded in death by her parents; and a son, Mark.
She is survived by her husband of more than 48 years, Bob; son, Michael (and special friend Cindy) of Morrisville, North Carolina; daughter, Heather Miller (James) of Portage, Indiana; and son, Steven (Kerry) of Maple Grove, Minnesota. Tina was a grandmother to five wonderful children, Mitchell Miller, Fletcher Miller, Paisley Miller, Mark Bohnsack, and Ryan Bohnsack. She is also survived by a brother Jon of Burnsville, Minnesota.
Tina's funeral will be 1 p.m. Saturday, March 14, 2015 at Grace United Methodist Church in Houghton. Pastors Stephen Rhoades and John Henry will officiate.
Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. followed immediately by the funeral service.
In lieu of other expressions of sympathy, please contribute in her memory to either the L'Anse United Methodist Church or Omega House in Houghton.
To view Christine's obituary or to send condolences to the family please visit memorialchapel.net.
The Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes have been assisting the family with the arrangements.