Jensen, Frances Opal (1908 – 2005)

JENSEN, GILLETTE, PETERSEN, GILLETTE, NEUMAN, CHRISTIANSEN, MICARI, BOWLIN, BRACE, BELL, WOOSTER, AGUIRRE

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 8/5/2013 at 14:51:23

Name of deceased: Frances Opal Jensen (nee Gillette)

Aged: 96 yrs, 7 mo, 29 days

Residence: Little Flower Haven Nursing Home, Earling, IA

Born: May 26, 1908, rural Harlan, IA

Died: Jan. 24, 2005, Myrtue Memorial Hospital, Harlan, IA

Funeral services: Thursday, Jan.27, 2005, Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home, Harlan, IA; Pastor Louis Miller of the Calvary Baptist Church in Manning, IA, officiated. Burial was in the Harlan Cemetery in Harlan, IA.

Survived by: Daughters, Ramona (spouse, Kenyon) Bell of Ames, IA, Joanne (spouse, Charles) Wooster of Irwin, IA, and Judy (spouse, James) Brace of Missouri Valley, IA; son, V. Richard (spouse, Loretta) Jensen of Saint Paul, MN; sister, Shirley Aguirre of Columbia, MO; sister-in-law, Leanna Jensen of Harlan, IA; 14 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, George Tift and Mae (nee Petersen) Gillette; husband of 48 years, Richard M. Jensen (deceased Feb. 5, 1978, Council Bluffs, IA); sisters, Hazel Gillette, Lois Neuman, Fern Christiansen, Vera Micari, and Dorothy Bowlin; brothers, Everette Gillette, Russell Gillette, George Gillette, Jr., and Max Gillette; great-grandson, Andrew Brace

Education: graduated from Harlan (IA) High School

Marriage: Richard Martin Jensen, June 12, 1929, Danish Baptist parsonage in Harlan, IA

Employment: After she graduated from high school, she taught school until her marriage. She then farmed with her husband, first in Jackson Township before they purchased property in Douglas Township, near Irwin, IA. After they retired from the farm in 1973, they moved to Manning, IA.

Hobbies/Interests: active and devoted member, Calvary Baptist Church, Manning, IA; taught the High School Sunday School class until she was 80 years old. She nurtured her faith through Bible Study, being part of the same study group for 20 years. She loved music and enjoyed singing hymns. While they lived on the farm, Frances was a member of the neighborhood social club.

Source: burmeisterjohannsen.com