Christine Astle
Emily Christine Astle known as "Chris" Astle of Fort Collins, Colo., passed away Thursday, March 2, 2006, at the Hospice Care Center of Larimer County, at the McKee Medical Center in Loveland, Colo., after a yearlong battle with cancer.
She was born May 24, 1933, to Isaac and Martha Wyckoff of Fredonia. She was crowned homecoming queen of Fredonia High her senior year, 1951. Following graduation, she attended Newman Memorial Hospital Affiliated at Emporia State University and graduated with a degree in nursing in 1954. She then completed her registered nursing training at Menorah Medical Nursing Center in Kansas City, Mo., where she met future husband John Richard Astle, DDS (ret). Christine then went on to work at Wesley Hospital in Wichita where she and J.R. were married in May 1957. For the past several years Chris returned every year to Fredonia for homecoming where she and her "gal pals" were in many parades.
After J.R. served two years at Edwards Air Force Base in California, they settled in Fort Collins, Colo., in 1960 where J.R. set up a dental practice and she worked as an RN in the blood bank at Poudre Valley Hospital. She also worked as an RN in a private practice for a short time in Fort Collins as well. She loved nursing and was proud to call herself a registered nurse.
Christine was a longtime recreational tennis player right up to the time of her diagnosis, and generous supporter of the Larmier County Humane Society.
Gone before her are both parents and older siblings, Mary, Leon, Martha, and Bill Wyckoff.
She is survived by her husband J.R., son Kevin, daughter Marcell, daughter and son-in-law, Joy and Jim Santner, and two grandchildren, Emily and Nicole.
— Paid obituary
