Christine M. Jarosz — sister, daughter, leader, teacher and sensei — breathed her last earthly breath and died peacefully at sunrise on Dec.
3, 2024. She was born in Muskogee, Okla. to Henry and Peggy Jarosz, their first of four children. Christine loved her family deeply and had great stories about her capers and antics with her siblings Steve, Phil and Johanna.
Christine grew up in Chicago, Tulsa and Dallas. She attended Abilene Christian College with her brother Phil and, after college, joined the Army, being stationed at Fort Hood.
She was an officer during the Vietnam War. In 1973, Christine bought the home on Daytonia Avenue in Dallas for her mother, but when Peggy moved to the Left Coast, Christine then moved into the house.