Madsen, Jenny Johansen (1889-1969)

MADSEN, JOHANSEN, METCALF, FINLEY

Posted By: Debbie Greenfield (email)
Date: 2/15/2021 at 16:42:10

Daily Freeman Journal
Webster City, Iowa
Thursday, December 11, 1969

Mrs. Pete (Jenny) Madsen, 80, a longtime resident of Webster City, died Wednesday evening at Crestview Manor where she had been residing since June 26.

Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Trinity Lutheran church with the Rev. R.M. Roden officiating and with burial in Graceland cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Foster Funeral home until 9:30 a.m. Saturday when it will be taken to the church.

Jenny Johansen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hennery Johansen, was born Sept. 30, 1889 in Denmark. She was reared and educated in Denmark and later moved to the United States, locating in Des Moines.

She was united in marriage May 12, 1910 to Peter Madsen, and the couple resided in Des Moines until 1916, moving then to Webster City where Mr. Madsen engaged in the building-contracting business.

She is survived by two sons and two daughters: Robert F. Madsen and Harold G. Madsen, both of Webster City, Mrs. C.G. (Lillian) Metcalf of Gladstone, Australia and Mrs. Ferrell (Elizabeth) Finley of Los Altos, Calif.; nine grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband Dec. 14, 1967; by her parents, several brothers and sisters.

Mrs. Madsen was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and was a member of Trinity Lutheran church.