She was born in St. Joseph to J.B. (Gabe) and Jean S. Rinehart on Jan. 17, 1950.
She is a graduate of Albany High School, class of 1968. She attended
Northwest Missouri State, Rockhurst University and William Jewell College. She also graduated from Carl’s Beauty College, St. Joseph, MO in 1971.
Christina was a master gardener, lover of cat’s and loved to cook.
She retired from Dairy Farmer’s of America in 2013.
She is preceded in death by her parents, grandparents and one step-brother, David Ray Lynch.
She is survived by her husband, Paul Fredrick Schwartz, sisters, Elizabeth “Betsy” (Tom) Gast, Margaret Anne (Ron) Gordy, nieces and nephew, DeAnne (Doug) Ruebhausen, Aimee (Holly) Mohr, Ryan Gabe (Mandy) Foster, great nieces and nephews, Victoria, Tucker, Sawyer, Gabriel, Alivia and Roman.
Services will be held on Thurs., Dec. 12, from 2-4 pm at Newcomer’s Noland Road Chapel, 509 S. Noland Rd. Independence, MO 64050.