Obit: Jensen, Ellen Victoria (1885? – 1967)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Jensen, Andersen, Sorensen, Smith, Christophersen, Karow, Luetkehoelter, Rynko, Calhoun, Oakes

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 13 Jul 1967

Jensen, Ellen Victoria (1885 – 11 JUL 1967)

Mrs. Albert Jensen passed away Tuesday evening, July 11, 1967 at the Victory Memorial Hospital at Stanley at the age of 82. Although her health had been poor of late, her death came as a surprise to her immediate family and friends.

Funeral services will be conducted at two o'clock Saturday afternoon from Nazareth Lutheran Church at Withee, with Rev. H.W. Luetkehoelter officiating.

Serving as pallbearers will be Jens and Sam Andersen, Sig. Sorensen, Andrew Smith, Chris Christophersen, and Art Karow.

Ellen Victoria Jensen was born in Denmark and came to the United States in 1907, settling in Iowa. She was married to Albert Jensen on March 4, 1911in a ceremony performed at Omaha, Nebraska. Shortly after their marriage the Jensens moved to Wisconsin, settling on a farm in the town of Hixon (Clark Co., Wis.). Later in 1919 they moved to a larger farm in the same area, and in 1958 retired to live in the village of Withee.

Surviving is her husband, Albert Jensen of Withee; six children, Mrs. William (Edna) Rynko, Jens and Edward Jensen, of Chicago; Earl of Withee; Mrs. Max (Marie) Calhoun, Libertyville, Illinois; and Mrs. Ray (Anne) Oakes, Momence, Illinois; two brothers, Hans Jensen of California and Peter Jensen of South Dakota; two brothers and a sister till in Denmark; twenty-four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.