JENSEN, Meta (Tjaden) 1906-2003

JENSEN, KOHLMAN, TJADEN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/3/2009 at 21:03:07

OSAGE, IOWA - Meta M. Jensen, 97, of Osage died Monday, November 10, 2003, at the Mitchell County Regional Health Center in Osage. Meta was born September 19, 1906, in Floyd County near Colwell, the daughter of Frank and Tina (Kohlman) Tjaden.

She was united in marriage to Reimar C. Jensen on February 14, 1935. They farmed north of Charles City until 1945, when they purchased a farm southwest of Osage. They lived there until moving to Osage in 1981. Reimar died in 1993. She lived in her own home until October of 2002. She then lived at the Faith Lutheran Home in Osage. She worked at the Charles City Country Club and at various restaurants in Charles City. She was a member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, November 13, 2003 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage with Rev. Dennis Hanson officiating. Interment will be in the Osage Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage and one hour before services at the church.

Living family members include: a sister-in-law, Marian Tjaden of Charles City; one brother-in-law, Sidney Jensen of Elveto, Calif.; and many nieces and nephews

She was preceded in death by her husband, Reimar Jensen; her parents, one sister and five brothers.