Rose Marie Jensen
October 10, 1929 — June 24, 2022
Rose Marie Jensen was born on October 10 1929, to Clarence and Edith (Sorensen) Hansen in Audubon, Iowa. She graduated from high school at Elk Horn Community School.
She taught country school for 1 year. She married Maynard A. Jensen in the Elk Horn Lutheran Church on April 24, 1949. To this union, four children were born. They lived on the home farm near Elk Horn. As her children grew older, Rose Marie found employment in the dietary department of the Salem Lutheran Homes in Elk Horn, where she worked for several years. In 1982, Rose Marie and Maynard moved to a farm near Tyler, MN where they lived for 18 years.
After they retired from farming in 2000, they returned to the Elk Horn area and eventually into town in Elk Horn. Maynard passed away in 2016. Rose Marie moved to Sibley, Iowa in 2019 to be closer to family.
She passed away at the Sibley Specialty Care Center on June 24, 2022. She is survived by Patricia Lange of Sibley, Diane Jensen of Sibley, and Antony (Denise) Jensen of Hutchinson, MN. Also 9 grandchildren: Dan (April) Lange, Jennifer (Christopher) Runge, Elizabeth (Andy) Sims, Christian (Kimberly) Lange, Ryan Jensen, Nathanial (Rebecca) Jensen, Aric (Elena) Jensen, Greggory (Nicole) Jensen, and Kaitlin Jensen, 12 great grandchildren, 4 great-great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband Maynard Jensen, son Carl Jensen, son-in-law Tim Lange, sister Sondra Bierbaum, brother-in-law Royal Bierbaum, brother Richard C. Hansen, and great-great granddaughter Alexis Nibblink.
She taught country school for 1 year. She married Maynard A. Jensen in the Elk Horn Lutheran Church on April 24, 1949. To this union, four children were born. They lived on the home farm near Elk Horn. As her children grew older, Rose Marie found employment in the dietary department of the Salem Lutheran Homes in Elk Horn, where she worked for several years. In 1982, Rose Marie and Maynard moved to a farm near Tyler, MN where they lived for 18 years.
After they retired from farming in 2000, they returned to the Elk Horn area and eventually into town in Elk Horn. Maynard passed away in 2016. Rose Marie moved to Sibley, Iowa in 2019 to be closer to family.
She passed away at the Sibley Specialty Care Center on June 24, 2022. She is survived by Patricia Lange of Sibley, Diane Jensen of Sibley, and Antony (Denise) Jensen of Hutchinson, MN. Also 9 grandchildren: Dan (April) Lange, Jennifer (Christopher) Runge, Elizabeth (Andy) Sims, Christian (Kimberly) Lange, Ryan Jensen, Nathanial (Rebecca) Jensen, Aric (Elena) Jensen, Greggory (Nicole) Jensen, and Kaitlin Jensen, 12 great grandchildren, 4 great-great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband Maynard Jensen, son Carl Jensen, son-in-law Tim Lange, sister Sondra Bierbaum, brother-in-law Royal Bierbaum, brother Richard C. Hansen, and great-great granddaughter Alexis Nibblink.
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