Stanley H. Jensen, 1913-1993

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Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 2/9/2009 at 14:44:37

RINGSTED - Services for Stanley H. Jensen, 80, Ringsted, will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Ringsted, with Pastor Larry Tantow officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. He died Friday, Sept. 24, 1993 at Palo Alto County Hospital, Emmetsburg.

Friends may call at Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Home in Ringsted from 5-7 p.m. Sunday.

He was born June 27, 1913 at Ringsted, the son of Jens P. and Marie (Neve) Jensen, and received his education in the Seneca School, graduating from Seneca High School in 1933. He was born, raised and lived [on and farmed the same farm north of Ringsted. On June 5, 1941 he married Christina Loewenberg at Fairmont, Minn.

He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran church in Ringsted where he served on the church council and held various offices and also taught Sunday School. He was also a member of the Emmet county farm Bureau and had served on the board of Directors, the Iowa Soybean Assoc., and Emmet county Pork Producers.

Survivors include his wife, Christina, of Ringsted; daughters, Mrs. Duane (Delores) Hovick of Newton, Mrs. Arnold (Deborah) Katt, Herman, Neb. and Mrs. Jeffrey (Krista) Rummele, Brownsburg, Ind; a son Leroy Jensen, Ringsted; nine grandchildren, one step-grandson; four great grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Amy (Ella) Cherland of Algona, and one son-in-law, William Speaker, Louisville, Ky.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter and one brother.

Contributed by: Ruth Hackett. Source: Estherville Daily News, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa, September 25, 1993.