Maxine Phyllis (Hawke) JENSEN

HAWKE, JENSEN, KRUSEMARK, YOUNG, BALL, BOHN, FOELL, SCHRUPP

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 11/14/2010 at 21:04:06

October 13, 1920 -- November 10, 2010

Maxine P. Jensen

Maxine (Hawke) Jensen, 90, formerly of Clarion, passed away at Mill Pond Retirement Community in Ankeny on November 10, 2010. Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Monday, November 15, 2010 at Ankeny Funeral Home, 1510 W. First St. Ankeny, Iowa, Maxine's family will greet friends one hour prior to services. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m., Monday, November 15, at Sheffield Cemetery, Sheffield, Iowa.

Maxine Phyllis (Hawke) Jensen was born October 13, 1920, in Sheffield, Iowa to James and Rose (Krusemark) Hawke. Maxine graduated from Sheffield High School in 1938. Having taken normal training in high school, she taught in rural school in Franklin and Cerro Gordo Counties from 1938 to 1944. She attended Upper Iowa University in Fayette, Iowa and received her teaching certificate, then taught in Fayette from 1944 – 1950. She taught in La Porte City, Iowa from 1950 to 1958. June 5, 1958, Maxine married Chaplain Carl Oliver Jensen. They made their home at a marine base, Camp Pendleton, CA. Their last military move was to the Naval Air Station in Grosse Ile, Michigan. When Carl Jensen retired from the navy, he returned to the ministry at United Methodist Church in Lake City and finally Clarion's First United Methodist Church until 1973. At both Lake City and Clarion, Maxine returned to teaching. Maxine attended UNI, Iowa State, and DMACC to further her education. She taught for 24 years. The couple retired to Quincy, Illinois where Carl's brother lived. Then returning to Clarion a few years later, Maxine and Carl built a home. Maxine was always active in the churches she attended and was active in P.E.O. She taught Sunday school, worked in the Women's Society of Christian Service and various church circles. In 1965, she was awarded a special membership in the Woman's Society of Christian Service by the North Iowa Conference. Maxine was a great homemaker, cook, and seamstress. She loved to cook for her family, especially Sundays after church. She always made birthdays, Thanksgiving, and Christmas extra special.

Maxine is survived by her daughter, Nancy (Jensen) Young and son-in-law, Bill Young of Ankeny, Iowa. Maxine has two married grandsons, Grant Young (wife Michelle) of Saylorville, Iowa, and Michael Young (wife Stacy) of Beaverdale in Des Moines, Iowa. Great grandchildren are Ross and Carter Young and Sophia Young. Maxine is survived by her step-daughter, Jeanie (Ball) and her husband, Alan Ball, of Sandpoint, Idaho, and Jeanie's sons, Steven (wife, Jackie) Bohn, son, Jackson Bohn of Plano, TX and Alan Bohn (wife, Pamela) of Sagle, Idaho. Maxine is also survived by many nieces, nephews and their families. Preceding Maxine in death were her parents, James and Rose Hawke and her brothers and sisters: Doris Foell, Melvin Hawke, Dallas Hawke, and Arlene Schrupp. Maxine is at home with the Lord, being there, the greatest of all experiences. In lieu of flowers, please direct memorials to Clarion United Methodist Church, Clarion Iowa.

Ankeny Funeral Home, Ankeny, Iowa
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