Jensen, Robert 1929 - 2013

JENSEN, HAAG, BODERMANN, BRISBOIS

Posted By: Bill Waters (email)
Date: 8/7/2013 at 11:21:38

ELMA - Funeral services for Robert M. Jensen of Elma, Iowa were held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013 at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Elma with Pastor Ryan McDermott officiating. Interment was held in Howard Cemetery at Elma.

Visitation was held 4-7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 2 at Conway-Markham Funeral Home in Elma. Visitation continued one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday.

Source: Crseco Times Plain Dealer August 6, 2013

Robert, 84, died Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at Colonial Manor in Elma of complications of lung cancer.

Robert Martin Jensen was born June 17, 1929, at Ostrander, Minn., the son of Merrill and Elizabeth (Haag) Jensen. He attended school in Oakdale Township, Iowa and graduated from LeRoy High School in 1947 at LeRoy, Minn. He had been an active 4-H member and also a Boy Scout. He farmed with his dad after high school and worked two winters in packing plants before he became a full-time employee of Martz Furniture in LeRoy. He joined the US Army in 1952 and in 1953 he was in Korea with the 3rd Infantry Division, 3rd Signal Corps as a teletype repairman. In February of 1954 he returned to LeRoy and started dairy farming.

On June 20, 1954 he married Irma Bodermann at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Elma. In 1957, they moved to a farm northwest of Elma, where they resided until retiring in 1994 and moving into Elma. In addition to farming Robert served as an Afton Township trustee for several years and drove school bus for 28 for the Howard Winneshiek School District. He was an active member of St. Peter Lutheran Church holding several church officer positions. Robert enjoyed driving for the menonite families in the area and reading.

Robert is survived by his wife Irma of Elma; two daughters: Ruth and her husband Rev. Timothy Brisbois of Beatrice, Neb. and Janet Jensen of Tinley Park, Ill.; and two granddaughters: Elizabeth Brisbois of Ann Arbor, Mich. and Rebekah Brisbois of Lincoln, Neb.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Memorials may be directed to St. Peter Lutheran Church, School House Museum, Howard County Hospice or charity of donor's choice.

Source: Crseco Times Plain Dealer August 6, 2013

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