JENSEN, Stena 1880-1948

JENSEN

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 10/28/2016 at 13:57:47

Miss Stena Jensen Died Sunday

Miss Stena Jensen, age 68, died at the Sartori hospital at Cedar Falls Sunday at 12:35 p.m. following an operation performed a week ago Friday.

She was the daughter of Lars and Anna Jensen and was born on a farm in the Fredsville vicinity, where she grew to womanhood. She attended college at Cedar falls and graduated from a two-year course in 1898, following which she taught in the rural schools in Grundy county for 30 years. She retired about 20 years ago and made her home with her two brothers, George and William on a farm northwest of Dike. Besides the two brothers she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. George Petersen of Cedar Falls, and Mrs. Emma Lindberg of Los Angeles, Calif.; also several nieces and nephews.

She was a member of the Nazareth Lutheran church in Cedar Falls and of the Dike American Legion Auxiliary.

Funeral services were held at the Bethlehem Lutheran church in Cedar Falls at 2 p.m. Wednesday afternoon with Rev. N. J. P. Nielsen officiating. Burial was at the Fredsville cemetery.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 16 December 1948, pg 4