Christine Holm Keay, of Everett, Wash., passed away on Dec. 30, 2014. Christine was born on Aug, 3, 1927 in Hibbing Minn. She attended St. Olaf College from 1945 to 1949. She was an accomplished student, musician on the piano and organ, English teacher, mother, Pastor’s wife, homemaker, and caregiver. She and husband Luther Keay ’47 served ALC and ELCA parishes in Minot, N.D., Ettrick, Wis., Allendale, N.J., Park Ridge, Ill., Naperville, Ill., and Jacksonville, Fla. Following Luther’s retirement and subsequent passing in 1989, she relocated to Everett, Wash., in the company of three of her five children, where she lived until her death.

Christine is preceded in death by her husband. She is survived by her children, including Timothy Keay ’75 and wife Susan Frankenberg Keay ’74; grandchildren, including Andrew Keay ’07; and other relatives, including niece Kari Holm Fawcett ’79 P ’09.

Donations in her memory will be gladly accepted by St. Olaf College in the name of the previously established The Rev. Luther B. Keay Endowed Scholarship, or Luther Seminary in the name of the Luther and Christine Keay Endowed Scholarship Fund, established in 1991 to assist young seminarians in their pursuits.