Kenneth Kristenson

Visitation: Thursday, June 3, 2004 at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City

Funeral Service: Friday, June 4, 2004 at 1:30 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home

Interment: will follow at the Eastern Montana Veterans Cemetery with full military honors.

Kenneth H. Kristenson, age 36, of Wichita, Kansas, formerly of Miles City, Montana, passed away at his home in Wichita on Friday, May 28, 2004.

Ken was born on October 8, 1967 in Sanford, Florida, the son of Arlon C. and Anna M. (Dorward) Kristenson. He attended schools in Hawaii and Pennsylvania before moving to Miles City where in graduated from Custer County High School in 1985. Ken enlisted in the U.S. Army at Fort Bliss, Texas where he celebrated his eighteenth birthday, and was stationed in Germany. After his discharge from the service he returned to Miles City where he earned his electronics of technology degree in 1994 from Miles Community College. He moved to Kalispell, MT and then onto Wichita, KS where he worked for Boeing Aeronautics. Ken was quite the student and was continually taking college courses in electronics and computers.

Ken enjoyed music and played several different instruments. He also enjoyed working on computers, traveling, drawing, animals, was an excellent cook, and an avid collector of Star Trek memorabilia. In his younger years, he enjoyed fishing and checking traps with his dad and was active in Boy Scouts.

Ken is survived by his parents, Arlon and Anna of Miles City, MT, a brother Adam and his wife Mindy of Great Falls, MT, a sister Kimberly and her husband Lee Gaehring of southern Alberta, Canada, a niece Aspen Kristenson, a nephew Talon Kristenson, his grandmother, Mamie Dorward and god mother, Carolyn Yarozeufski both of Lehighton, PA, a special friend, David Bringolf of Wichita, KS, and several aunts, uncles and cousins. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Clarence and Alice Kristenson and Calvin Dorward.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, June 3, 2004 at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Funeral services will be held on Friday, June 4, 2004 at 1:30 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home. Interment will follow at the Eastern Montana Veterans Cemetery with full military honors. Should friends wish, condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.stevensonandsons.com. Should friends desire; memorials may be made to the charity of one's choice.