Christina "Chris , Nina" Overton

Christina was born to Louwusa and Wilhelmus Van Gestel on November 30th 1952 in Indonesia where she was the 4th oldest out of 8 kids . When she was 3 the family moved to Holland , when arriving there the family had to be checked for communicable diseases. At the time the government thought her mother had tuberculosis and she was ordered to quarantine which left the 5 kids that had already been born with her father and since he had to work full time the kids had to go to a orphanage. Their father came faithfully every weekend to see and spend time with them. Till there mother was cleared to be reunited with them . 

Next at the age of 10, her family got sponsored to move to the United states first stop ellis Island where it seems all imagrant families or people had to stop when coming to the US then the family continues to Eugene Oregon .None of the spoke any English but they made due 

Christina attended Lincoln grade school ,Jefferson Middle and North Eugene high School were she went until her senior year . Later in life she attended night school for a degree in office management .

When she was 23 in 1976 she married Steven Overton in Reno and in 1977 had her only child Melonie. Her marriage was not a good one really from the start and they had separated before Melonie was born and she raised her as a single parent with help from her family. . They finally divorced in 1989.

In 1988 she met her life partner Douglus Dahl they never married but spent 38 years together before she passed. They enjoyed camping going to the beach bike riding gardening playing Frisbee and being grand parents and great grand parents together  

 She also enjoyed watching cooking shows and game shows and spending time at home .

She was a house keeper at valley River inn ,in her 30s and that is where she met Doug . She was the star worker at Emerald Valley Assisted Living where she worked for over 20 years she was housekeeping assistant manager care giver shower aid she worked in the kitchen she did laundry and was the receptionist. She did it all and staff and residents alike loved her  while at emerald valley she had her first run in with cancer stage 3 uterine cancer and she fought and kicked cancers butt all while working and commuting by bus to work and treatments she was cancer free for for about 12 years but the last almost 4 years she fought a long hard battle with stage 4 colon cancer doing chemo every other week. 5 to 6 hours at the cancer center then another 46 hours of chemo at home she was tough she was a trooper but eventually it got the better of her and she could not fight any more she is loved and missed by many .besides living in Eugene Springfield she lived in Washington on 2 separate occasions the first in Vancouver the second on the farm with Doug's family in rochester where they helped care for Doug's mom and many farm animals and California earlier in the 80s with her daughter and 2 brothers 

She is preceded In death but both of her parents and 2 sisters Flory Richey and Connie Danielson and one brother Eddie Van Gestel she is survived by her life partner Douglus Dahl her daughter Melonie Overton  3 grand children Darin ,Desiree, And Arroura Phillips ,and 5 great grand children Carson, Mia, Kaden, Madilyn, and Ezra 2 sisters Jane Ceal Allen and Evie Richey and two brothers Frances Van Gestel and Tony Van Gestel 15 nieces and nephews and many great nieces and nephews and many in laws from her life partner Doug's family. 

She is missed and was loved by many more those who met her couldn't help but love her she shared her smile and her compassion  with everyone she met 

Dance in heaven mama