Christine Bortnik, 93, passed away on October 21, 2020 in Athens, Texas. Graveside service will be held at Laurel Land Memorial Park 6300 S. R. L. Thornton Fwy., Dallas, Texas 75232 on Friday October 30, 2020 at 1:00 pm.
Christine was born October 24, 1926 in West, Texas to Joe and Agnes Kolar Nors, the seventh of nine children. Though raised on a farm and picking cotton, she had the heart of a city girl. Upon heading out on the first day at Abbott High School, she was told by her siblings, "Daddy's not going to let you go to high school." She went anyway and daddy never said a word. After graduation and her last fall in the cotton fields, she moved to Dallas, held a variety of jobs, then met and married her first husband and had her two daughters. After divorce, she became a single mother and needed a job with good pay and benefits. She applied for jobs where she was told "We don't hire women for this position." She became head cashier for Fina Oil Company from which she retired after 30 years of service, After her daughters left the nest, she married again, and they enjoyed traveling this country and the world. She also enjoyed bowing, bridge, mah-jongg and dancing at the Elks lodge in Dallas. She has spent her last years in Arabella of Athens with her family close by.
She was preceded in death by Herbert Sauer, Mike Bortnik and beloved friend Jim Kerens. She is survived by her daughters Barbara Taylor (Glenn) of Athens, Nancy Rawls of Athens, nine grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren, his sisters Josie Zmolek of Forney and Irene March of Waxahachie.
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