Kristie Lynn Nestor

Kristie was born on July 12th, 1957 in Spokane, Washington and died at home in Yachats on August 8th, 2016 at the age of 59 after a long battle with Leukemia. She was the Wife of Jon Nestor, Daughter of Elaine and Bert Harley, Yachats; the Sister of Steve (Jean) Harley of Clackamas, Oregon; Aunt of Ben Harley and Sadie Harley; Daughter-in-law of Terry and Ellen Nestor of Ohio and North Carolina; Sister-in-law of David Nestor, Aunt of Luke, Sam and Zoe Nestor of Burlington, Vermont. Kristie had an interesting life. She lived in Germany for her 2nd and 3rd Birthdays, lived in Mountain Home Idaho for her 3rd and 4th Birthdays. She lived in Yachats (graduating from Waldport High School in 1975) until she want to Lewis and Clark College in Portland, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1979. She worked for the City of Portland; went to Puerto Rico on a mission trip to help build a church; worked for Mission Outreach in Missouri; came back to Newport and taught one year at the Nazarene Church School; worked at the Rec. Center in Newport (with the little children). She went to Pasadena, California, to attend Fuller Theological Seminary, with the goal of becoming a Chaplin in hospitals with her husband, Jon. She completed a one year internship at Scottsdale Presbyterian Church. She was one year short of obtaining her Masters of Divinity degree. She was a soul mate to her husband, Jon, whom she married on December 13th, 1986 in Yachats. After Jon finished his schooling they moved to Tacoma, Washington where she worked for the American Red Cross and RSVP; in May of 2001 they moved back to Yachats. Her health had been declining for many years. She was diagnosed with Leukemia December 2010; had four and one half years in remission then relapsed in August, 2015. She faced the challenges of having Leukemia head on with wit, humor and dreaming of art projects to do (at a later date, which never came). She will be missed. A Celebration of Life will be held on October 1st, 2016 at 1 pm at the Yachats Community Presbyterian Church in Yachats. Come Celebrate her life with us. Arrangements have been entrusted to Bateman Funeral Home.

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Kristie Lynn Nestor

July 12, 1957 - August 8, 2016