Obit: Jensen, Martha (1895 - 1985)

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Surnames: Jensen, Rowlette, Sabin

----Sources: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) Friday, 4 Oct. 1985; page 11

Jensen, Martha (8 Oct. 1895 - 3 Oct. 1985)

Colby - Services for Mrs. Walter (Martha) Jensen, 89, formerly of Dorchester, who died Thursday at the Colonial House of Colby Living Center, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Maurina Funeral Home, Dorchester, Wis.

The Rev. James Rowlette of Salem United Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Dorchester Memorial Cemetery.

The former Martha Sabin was born Oct. 8, 1895 in Reedsburg. She was married to Walter Jensen Nov. 16, 1917 in Reedsburg. They lived in Reedsburg until 1943, moving then to Mayville, rural Dorchester, living there until 1960. Her husband died July 10, 1960.

She then moved to Greenwood Home and resided there until 1975, when she moved to the Colonial House of Colby.

Surviving are two sons, Robert, Baraboo, and Ray, Janesville; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.