JENSEN, Leisa Ann 1964-2007

JENSEN, HAGEN, JOHNSON, MYHR

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 8/5/2010 at 12:40:03

Services held
Friday afternoon
for Leisa Jensen

Leisa Ann Jensen 43, of Hudson entered the Kingdom of Heaven, Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo, Iowa after an inspirational and courageous battle with cancer.

She was born September 19, 1964 at Alcron Hospital in Alcron, Iowa, the daughter of Larry and Lorine (Hagen) Johnson. Leisa attended elementary and high school in Alcester, SD, graduating in 1983. She married Curtis Richard Jensen on September 1, 1984 and settle down in the Beresford community to farm. Lseisa and Curtis had four children during their years on the farm.

After a brief career in farming with her husband from 1984- 1993, Leisa returned to college to take classes in business and pre-nursing, but her real love and focus was her Lord Jesus and taking care of her children and husband.

Leisa held a quiet gentle spirit while here on Earth. Her focus in life was serving others and always caring for the people around her including friends and family before herself. She accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior in 1977, and in 2006 she and her husband jointly reaffirmed their faith.

She is survived by her husband of 23 years, Curt of Hudson, Iowa; her children, Elizabeth (Dirk) Myhr of Waterloo, Charlotte, Nicholas, and Christopher of Hudson, Iowa; her father, Larry (LaVonne) Johnson of Alcester, SD; one brother, Loren (Pam) Johnson of Rochester, MN; one sister, Lori (Lee) Johnson of Sioux Falls, SD and a paternal grandmother, Dorothy E. Johnson of Alcester, SD.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Lorine Johnson and four children in infancy, Amanda, Rachael, Jonathan and Bennie.

Services were held 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 28, 2007 at Prairie Lakes Church in Cedar Falls. Burial was in the Big Springs Cemetery in rural Alcester.

[Hudson Herald, Thursday, October 4, 2007]