*Christopher J. Moller, 82, of Brookings, S.D., died May 7, 2014 at The Neighborhoods in Brookings. Christopher Jennings Moller was born June 3, 1931 in Dell Rapids, S.D., to Christopher and Jennie Iverson Moller. He grew up four miles west of Baltic, S.D., attended the Willow Creek Country School, and graduated from Lyons High School. He attended St. Olaf College and South Dakota State University before entering the United States Marine Corps. After his service, he attended the University of South Dakota and graduated from the University of South Dakota Medical School. He completed his medical school training at Northwestern Medical School in Chicago. Chris interned at Minneapolis General and worked as a general practitioner in Dell Rapids before entering the Ear, Nose, and Throat residency program at the University of Nebraska Medical School in Omaha. After completing that program, he practiced in Mitchell, S.D. and Mankato, Minn. He retired in 1996 and moved to Brookings in 1999. During his career he worked for two months in Vietnam—treating civilian patients—under the American Medical Association Volunteer program. He also volunteered for two one-week shifts at a Presentation Sisters clinic in Mexico. Chris married Florence Nielson June 17, 1958 at Benton Lutheran Church, rural Crooks, S.D..

Grateful for having shared his life are his wife, Florence; children, Eric Moller and wife Nannette, Katherine Magee, Jennifer Moller, and Margaret Moller and husband David Conrad; ten grandchildren, Christopher, Michael, and Alexander Moller, David and Thomas Wimer, Kristin Moller, Vance Magee and wife Kimberly Stars, Adam Magee, and Maybelle and Donald Conrad; and six great-grandchildren, Izabella and Ramone Moller, King, Lennox and Cashiz Harwood, and Kierra Magee. He was preceded in death by his parents, Christopher and Jennie Moller.

Memorial may be directed to Feeding Brookings and the Harvest Table.