Rothwell, Christina L. St. Joseph, Mo.

Christina L. Rothwell

Christina Lee Rothwell, 42, of St. Joseph, passed away on July 27, 2025, following a diagnosis of brain cancer in October of 2024.

She is survived by her mother, Mary Strouth; husband, Dave Rothwell; children Hayden Rothwell and Lindsay Cunningham; sister, Jessica Purser; brother-in-law, Kyle Purser; and niece, Vivienne.

Christina was a writer, expressing the wonder and absurdity of life with dry wit in her blog, thebearandthecat.wordpress.com. Donations in Christina’s memory may be made to the Mosaic Life Care Foundation at www.mlcfoundation.com/donate, specifying “Cancer Care.” As published in the St. Joseph News-Press.