Rev. Dale JENSON

JENSON, SORENSEN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 11/22/2012 at 16:20:08

September 6, 1935 --- November 13, 2012

LENNOX, SD — The Rev. Dale Jenson, 77, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012, at the Good Samaritan Center in Lennox following a short battle with pancreatic cancer. He was the father of Robert (Arlene) Jenson of Watertown.

Dale was born on Sept. 6, 1935, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Dale was united in marriage to Charlotte Sorensen on May 30, 1958, in Blair, Neb., and they were blessed with four sons. He attended Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa and was ordained into the ministry in August 1962. He served parishes in Hunter/Gardner, N.D.; Porter, Minn.; rural Estherville, Iowa; Melvin, Iowa; Thor, Iowa; and Shelby/Persia, Iowa.

Dale enjoyed visiting with people everywhere he went. He enjoyed camping, bicycling, fishing, reading, visiting the Oregon coast, working on his computer and spending time with his grandchildren.

Survivors include his wife, Charlotte; three sons, Robert (Arlene) Jenson of Watertown, Douglas (Sharie) Jenson of Sioux Falls and David (Sandra) Jenson of Sibley, Iowa; daughter-in-law, Jennifer Jenson of Glendale, Iowa; brother, Asa Orrin (Ione) Jenson Jr.; and six grandchildren, Kristin, Christian, Timothy, Mark, Sarah and Stephen. He was preceded in death by his parents and his son, Thomas Christian Jenson in 2010.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15 at Peace Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. at the church. Interment will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 16 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, rural Neola, Iowa. Memorials may be directed to Kids Against Hunger or Peace Lutheran Global Mission.
Heritage Funeral Home - Sioux Falls, South Dakota;

Public Opinion - Watertown, South Dakota
November 14, 2012

http://www.thepublicopinion.com/obituaries/article_cb09c294-2e76-11e2-9ec5-001a4bcf887a.html