Helen Harano Christ (The Rowdies)
Helen Tayeko Harano was born in 1933 to George and Chieko (Katayama) Harano in Berkeley, CA. She was the third of nine children. From 1942 to 1945, their family was interned in Topaz, near Delta, Utah. After leaving Topaz, the family moved to North Platte, Nebraska, where they owned a flower shop. Helen received degrees in Sociology from Hastings College, NE and a Master’s in Christian Education from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, where she met her husband, Frank Christ. Frank became a Presbyterian minister. They married and had three children, Mary Kay, Steve and Alan. Helen was a teacher and an active volunteer in the Presbyterian Church and her communities. They lived in North Dakota, Illinois, Indiana and Iowa before retiring to St Joseph, MO and then to Seattle, WA. She died in January 2023.