Jensen, Harvey W. 1898-1992

JENSEN, WHEELER, PHIPPS, STARNES, WHITE, HANSSEN, SCHNEEKLOTH

Posted By: Marilyn Holmes (email)
Date: 4/15/2011 at 07:57:19

The Grinnell Herald-Register; March 19, 1992

HARVEY JENSEN

Harvey W. Jensen, 93, of 1808 Fourth Ave., Grinnell, died Saturday, March 14, at the home of his daughter in Redmond, Wash.

Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Smith Funeral Home, with the Rev. Raymond C. Lott, pastor of the Grinnell United Methodist Church, officiating. Organist will be James Severe.

Pallbearers will be Wayne Gropper, Raymond Larsen, Lester Osborn, Lyle Phipps, Carl Rohr and Loring Rohr. Honorary bearers will be Ed Brand, Merle Dimit, Arthur McDowell, Mervin Morgan, Don Souter and Blake Worth.

Burial will be in Hazelwood Cemetery. Memorials in Mr. Jensen's name may be made to the Grinnell United Methodist Church.

Mr. Jensen was born Dec. 12, 1898, in Chicago. He moved as a small boy to a farm east of Grinnell and attended rural schools. He also attended Grinnell High School.

He was married to Sadie Wheeler Dec. 22, 1928, in Malcom. The couple farmed for 46 years, retiring in 1964. Following his retirement from farming, Mr. Jensen lived in Grinnell and worked as a painter.

He was a member of the United Methodist Church, the Elks Lodge and the Knights of Pythian Temple. He was a former director of the Malcom Cooperative Elevator and the Malcom No. 4 School.

Surviving are his wife, Sadie; three daughters, Jewell Phipps and Joyce Starnes, both of Lakewood, Colo., and Orene White of Redmond, Wash.; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Milton; and two sisters, Edna Hanssen and Alta Schneekloth.