1931 - 2018 (87 years)
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Name |
Glen V. Jensen |
Born |
10 Mar 1931 |
Dorchester, Wisconsin |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
25 Jul 2018 |
Oconto County, Wisconsin |
Buried |
Pine Hill Cemetery, Curtiss, Wisconsin |
Person ID |
I4066 |
Virts |
Last Modified |
2 Aug 2018 |
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Notes |
- Glen V. Jensen, age 87, peacefully passed away in his sleep 25 Jul 2018 at his Machickanee cottage as his vigilant daughter Wendy heard his last breath. He now joins his parents, many siblings and ancestors in the everlasting beyond. His father, Arthur "Dane" O Jensen, assisted his wife, Margaret L (Ulrich) Jensen at their home farm in his birth on 10 Mar 1931 at Town of Mayville, Dorchester, WI. He was one of 15 children.
Living siblings: Bruce Jensen, Vera Thorson, Audrey Cypher, Gene Jensen, Sandy Jensen and Dean Jensen.
Deceased siblings: Valgene, Lydia, Marvin, Beaulah Fischer, Charlene Hundrieser, Donna Goesl, Verna Meyer and Marilyn Meyer.
Memorial: cremated remains will be to at Pine Hill Cemetery, Pine Rd, Curtiss, Clark Co, WI on 29 Jul 2018, 3:00pm Military Honors respect his years of US Navy foreign sea duty 1950 to Dec 1953 and later volunteer Historian Reunion organizer for the USS Sarasota Association. was a graduate of Dorchester, WI HS and earned a Business Management Certification at Carroll College. He worked 37 years at Broan Mfg, Hartford, WI where he rose from to Welding Foreman to Design Engineer to Customer Service and finally, Tech Support. He retired in 1993 with his wife, Mary Beth (Noonan) Jensen, BFA, MS, who he married 45 years ago, 21 Jul 1973. Mary Beth, a retired School Principal, was born in Oconto, WI. She is the daughter of deceased parents Robert Herald Noonan born Oconto 1912 and Mary Melvina Werts born Russell, Lucas Co, Iowa, 1911, both having met while teaching at Oconto HS, 1939.
Glen had four children with his previous wife until 1969, Norene M (Lueth) Jensen: Tami M Ritt of Huson MT (Phillips, 3ch, then Ritt. 1ch); Michael G Jensen of Greenfield, WI ( then Judy,no ch); Wendy R Jensen of Mauston, WI (Vasil,1ch, then Dodd, 2ch); and Eric A Jensen of Henrietta, OK (Jenny, no ch). In all, 20 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Mary Beth and Glen had no children together. She helped to raise his younger three children from ages 6, 10, 13.
Glen was a life member of the VFW affiliating with the then Colby, WI posts. He loved sailing the Mediterranean and foreign as Radioman 2nd Class Petty Officer, USN.
interests in later life included: hunting, snowmobiling, pontooning playing Nickel Down, computer work, and home (particularly decks overlooking the Machickanee Flowage.
Special thanks & blessings go to the staff at the VA, Prevea, Unity Hospice, neighbors Jeff & Barb Schullo, Lydia & Nelson Martinez, and daughters Tami and Wendy for all of their love, assistance and support in Glen's remaining days here on earth.
Rather than gifts & flowers to the family, his wife suggests "paying it forward" to someone in need, particularly the Veterans, the homeless. those lost and forgotten.
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