Anita Marie Christian, 97

• Friday, November 28, 2025 - 11:47am

Anita Marie Christian (nee Truehart) died on Nov. 13 at The Remington in Yardley, Pa. She was 97.

Anita was born February 22, 1928, in Philadelphia, Pa. to Ernest and Mary Truehart. She grew up in Bensalem, Pa. where she graduated from Bensalem High School and later attended Central College.

She raised her family first in New Jersey, later moving to Framingham, and then into retirement on Martha’s Vineyard where she was active in the Garden Club, the Lunch Bunch, the Cottagers and Women Reaching Book Club where she served as president for a number of years.

Near the end of her life, she returned to her home of Bucks County, Pa.

She is survived by her daughter LindaJeanne (LJ) McVey, and sons-in-law, Carmeron McVey and Michael Graves, her “adopted” son Lenny Santamaria along with many loving nieces and nephews from the Calix, Evans, Steele and Truehart families.

She is preceded by her husband of 49 years, Chauncey L. Christian Jr., and her beloved daughter, Karin Graves, three sisters, Ernestine Truehart, Marjorie Evans, Helen Truehart and three brothers Donald Truehart, Ernest Truehart, Lawrence Truehart, and has been followed in death by her brother Raymond Truehart.

Anita requested no services yet her family will have a memorial barbecue summer of 2026 as a celebration of her life.

All cards can be sent to her surviving daughter: PO Box 504 Poncha Springs, Colorado 81242.