Emma L. Christian, 86, formerly of the town of Maine, died Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, at Woodland Court Elder Services, Merrill.

Emma was a homemaker, and along with her late husband owned and operated a dairy farm in the town of Maine.

Survivors include her daughter, LouAnn (Gerald) McKeehan, Inverness, Fla.; her son, Jerome Christian, Merrill; three granddaughters, five great-grandchildren, three stepgrandchildren, four stepgreat-grandchildren and three stepgreat-great-grandchildren; three sisters, Hazel Schultz, Merrill, Maryanne Handrick, Marathon, and Geraldine (Bernell) Radke, Wausau; one brother, Allen Lee (Bev) Schultz, Wausau; other relatives and friends.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Taylor-Stine Funeral Home, Merrill. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, town of Maine. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.