Obituary: Deal 'Bud' Christensen, Jr.

• Deceased's name: Deal "Bud" Christensen, Jr.
  
• Age: 85
• Date: July 28, 2013

Longtime Los Gatan Deal "Bud" Christensen, Jr. died of a heart attack on July 28 in Great Falls, MT near where he’d been enjoying one of his favorite activities, fly-fishing. He was 85.

Bud and his family moved to Los Gatos in 1952. He was born Oct. 18, 1927, in Preston, ID. He graduated from Reedley High School, in the Central Valley, and Stanford, which he attended on the GI Bill.

Bud owned Chrislow's Department Store in downtown Los Gatos for more than 40 years.

The store, which sold clothing in downtown Los Gatos on North Santa Cruz Avenue near where Mike's Bikes is located, was first owned by his father Deal Christensen, Sr.

Together with "Mr. Whitlow," they combined the last names to create the Chrislow department store, said daughter Leslie Dill.

He gave hundreds of teenagers their first jobs and he contributed generously to the community as a volunteer, Dill said.

Bud loved fishing, reading, Stanford sports, history, golf, travel and his friends.

Bud is survived by his wife of 57 years, Nancy (Dawson) Christensen; two daughters, Kathleen Christensen and Leslie Dill; and three grandchildren, Dawson “Danny” Dill, Lucy Dill and Rose Lavino.