Selinsgrove - On June 14th, from 1p.m. to 5ish, an open house, potluck lunch will be held to celebrate Chris' life. Please bring, to our farm, your memories, something to share or just yourself to 3893 Salem Road, outside Selinsgrove.

Christine Barbara Kuruna (Rehrig) died suddenly at her home in the evening of December 13th. She was born on January 6, 1948 in Lehighton, PA.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Raymond and Clara Rehrig and our son Benjamin. She is survived by her husband Daniel to whom she was married for 52 years and our son Nathan Kuruna, his wife Teagan and our granddaughter Lia as well as her stepson Daniel Kuruna, his partner Justine Jentes and our grandson Laszlo. Chris' education included a degree from Wilson College in Early Childhood Education and a Masters Degree in Administration from Bucknell University. She taught first grade in the Lower East Side of New York City and spent a considerable part of her salary buying supplies for the children in her classroom.

When we moved to Morgantown, West Virginia, for Dan to finish his MSW degree, she learned to drive stick shift and became an itinerant teacher for children of all ages who had to be at home. Upon returning to PA, as there were no teaching positions in Sunbury, she became the director of the Sunbury Day Care Center in Zion Church and expanded the program countywide. Later, as a division of SUM Child Development, she managed a million dollar federal daycare subsidy program for Union, Snyder and Mifflin Counties until 2005. Chris was diagnosed with MS in 2001 and degenerative disc/joint disease in 2006. She was that brilliant combination of gorgeous and tough and she made every day count. Her gift was to make everything grow; her plants, her cats, her gardens, her children, friends and colleagues. She always stressed that our farm had to be "a welcoming home;" which meant good food, good wine and phenomenal cheesecake. This is a rain or shine invitation.