----Clark County Press, Neillville, Wisconsin 15 Mar 1934

Surnames: Jensen, Wolff, Zilk, Rosekrans, Larson, Kroll, Hauter, Longenecker, Zimmerman, Campman, Musil, Scott, Allen, Rude, Neverman, Ju?rud, Lowe, Hanson, Smart, Peterson, Haugstad, Moe, Gibson, Frederixson, Dyre, Johnson, Jolievett, Rose, Korman, Huckstead

Jensen, Alfred H. J. (11 Aug. 1881 - *15 March 1934)* could be off.

This community was deeply shocked Thursday afternoon when it became known that Alfred H. J. Jensen, 52 years old, one of Neillsville’s best known citizens, had succumbed suddenly to a heart attack. Mr. Jensen, while having suffered from colds recently, appeared to be in good health, and had gone about in his customary cheerful manner, joking with friends and extending greetings with those whom he met a few moments before he was stricken.

Mr. Jensen, who since John Wolff’s illness and operation at the Luther hospital in Eau Claire, had volunteered to drive the Wolff car and assist him in getting around, drove the machine to Joe Zilk’s filling station at the South end of Hewett street on Thursday afternoon to have it serviced before taking Mr. and Mrs. Wolff for a ride. While the attendants were working on the machine Mr. Jensen walked across the street to buy a cigar where he collapsed and died without regaining consciousness. Dr. M. C. Rosekrans was called and pronounced death due to heart failure.

Mr. Jensen was born in Denmark Aug. 11, 1881 where he attended school and served a four year apprenticeship in the craft of blacksmithing in telling friends not long ago of his training in blacksmithing he described the examination he took at a government building in Denmark where he was made to perform a number of blacksmithing jobs before the master workmen, acting as examiners, admitted him to their ranks. The tasks given him were difficult, the principal one of which was the making of an entire steel buggy spring entirely by hand from the raw material. It was this thorough training that made him one of the best skilled workmen in the blacksmithing line that ever was employed in this city.

In 1902 Mr. Jensen came to America to seek his fortune, settling at Oshkosh where he was employed for three years. During that time he studied English, which he soon learned to read, write and talk fluently. In 1905 he came to Neillsville where for the next eight years he was employed in the blacksmithing shops of Wolff and Korman and Lon Huckstead.

Being a man of ceaseless energy and great physical power, and endowed with a keen intellect, Mr. Jensen son caught on to the ways of America, and the restless spirit that he sent him forth from his native land, goaded him to seek a higher plane of life.

In 1907 he was married to Miss Lottie E. Larson of Greenwood, the ceremony taking place at Winona. Shortly after there marriage Mr. Jensen entered the life insurance business at which he became a remarkable success. After several years in the work here he moved to Rice Lake to a bigger filed and then to Minneapolis where he continued to make a fine record. About five years ago Mr. Jensen acceded to a desire to return to Neillsville and moved here intending to live in retirement. However, in 1930 he was prevailed upon to become a police officer, a position which he held for one year, retiring to organize a Protective Life Insurance association, which proved to be very successful. Later he sold his interest in this business.

Mr. Jensen was a man of fine character and a devoted husband. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and took a keen interest in church affairs. He also was a member of the Masonic order, the Modern Woodmen and the Beavers. He was possessed of a most genial and cordial disposition, thoroughly enjoying the company of friends and never filing to stop to engage them in conversation when he met them on the street. He was greatly interested in civic and political affairs of the community a strong advocate of honesty is government. His hobby was touring, which fortunately, he was able to do a considerable amount of.

He is survived by his widow, two brothers, Axel Victor Kroll, Saginaw, Minn., and Harold Kroll Jensen, Denmark; Mrs. Olga Van Hauter, Sister of Racine, Wis., and four sisters in Denmark.

The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Masonic Temple in Neillsville, the Masons and Rev. G. W. Longenecker conducting the rites. Pallbearers were George Zimmerman, William Campman, James A. Musil, Jesse Scott, Willard Allen, George Rude, J. L. Neverman, and Carl Ju?rud. G. H. Lowe was the funeral director.

Those from out of town who attended the services were Mrs. Olga Van Hauter, Racine; A. L. Larson, St. Paul; Mrs. Orin Crum, St. Johns, Mich., Emma Hanson, Black River Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Nels P. Larson and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Larson and son of Taylor; Mr. Stevens and Mr. Smart of Taylor; Elmer Larson, Taylor; Mrs. Emil Peterson and Miss Mabel Haugstad and Roland Moe, Black River Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Gibson and Mrs. Milton Frederixson, Blair; Mrs. Annie Dyre and son, Mrs. Mary Johnson and son, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Johnson and family, Elmer Johnson, Lee Jolievett, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hautte, all of Greenwood.

A niece, Mrs. Ethel Rose and her daughter, Betty Jane, Racine, were unable to come for the funeral.