Cleona L. Jensen Obituary (1926

Cleona L. Jensen, 85, Bismarck, passed away Sunday, November 27, 2011, at the Baptist Home, Bismarck. A Memorial Service will be held at 1:00 PM, Friday, December, 2, 2011, in the Baptist Home Chapel, Bismarck with Rev. Clyde Zimbelman officiating. Burial will be in the Wabek Cemetery near Parshall, North Dakota. Cleona was born February 10, 1926, at Tacoma, Washington, to Ben and Clara (Ulledahl) Hime. She was raised and educated in Wabek area country schools. In December 1945, she married Egan A. Jensen in Sidney, Montana. She lived and worked in Minot where she operated a daycare service from 1968 until moving to Bismarck in 1999. While in Minot she attended Our Redeemers Lutheran Church and in Bismarck Grace Lutheran Brethren. She was an avid reader, loved to dance and play bingo; and lately she loved to listen to the morning polka party on Public Access TV. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Janice and Les Pierce, Bismarck; one son and daughter-in-law, Gordon and Elaine Jensen, Mandan; five grandchildren, Deana (Frank) Mack, Vernon (Rachael) Newman, Jolene (Dan) Hoffman, Wesley Jensen, and Leigh Jensen; and eight great-grandchildren. Cleona was preceded in death by her parents, sisters, Agnes Iverson, Lorraine Griffith, Joyce Kolebakken, Vivian Pierson, and one brother, Raymond Hime.