Alex James Christiansen

Alex (Jim) Christiansen, 80, of Kimball, died Thursday, June 22, 2017 at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be held on Friday, June 30 at 2:00 p.m. at First English Lutheran Church in Kimball with Pastor Caryl Miller officiating. Jim's life will also be celebrated at the Engstrom family reunion and 100th anniversary celebration of Engstrom Farms, Saturday, July 1. The family respectfully requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to the First English Lutheran Church or the Kimball County Manor. Online condolences may be left at http://www.cantrellfh.com. The services for Jim have been entrusted to the Cantrell Funeral Home.

Jim was born April 20, 1937 in Kimball, NE to Alex and H. Elizabeth (Engstrom) Christiansen. He was a lifelong resident of Kimball. He married LeaAnne Curtis June 29, 1957 and together they had three children, Tom, Stacy and Gary. Jim farmed north of Kimball until 1968 and then went to work in the oil patch working for Oil Well Perforators then owning Jim's Chemical Service, an oil well stimulation business. Later Jim worked for Teton Homes and High West Energy. For many years Jim served and chaired the Kimball Ducks Unlimited and Mile High Pheasants Forever Chapters.

Jim is survived by his wife LeaAnne of Kimball; sons Tom (Karen) of Green River, WY and Gary (Joye) of Suquamish, WA; grandchildren Tessa, Sarah, Josh and Tim; great granddaughter Camryn; sister Joan of Butte, MT and several nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Mary Jean and daughter, Stacy Anne.

Jim was a hunter, fisherman, Swede, Dane, historian, oilman, farmer, rancher, fireman, artist, story-teller, mentor, trouble maker & rapscallion, tinkerer, collector, marksman, poet, cribbage master, prankster, entrepreneur, mountain man, card player, dancer, drinker, carnivore, hitchhiker picker-upper and Good Samaritan. He was helpful and handy and sometimes obstinate, cantankerous and inappropriate. Fair winds and following seas on your way to the Happy Hunting Grounds, Big Jim.