Services will be
held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday at
First English Lutheran Church in Wisconsin Rapids.
Rev. Joshua Fite will
officiate. Military
rites will be provided by VFW Post 2534. Entombment
will be in Forest Hill Mausoleum at a later date.
Ken was born in Adams
County on April
13, 1930, to LeRoy and
Isabelle (Johnson)
Jensen. He married
Renne Davis on
May 21, 1954, in Arkdale.
She died on February 27, 2005.
He was employed in
signal maintenance at Chicago Northwestern and Green Bay and
Western Railroads for almost 40 years and retired in 1992.
He served his
country in the
U.S. Army from December
23, 1948, to July 20, 1950, and was stationed in Okinawa.
He was a member of the Adams-Friendship VFW where
he ran the horseshoe tournament for the 4th of
July celebration. He was an avid Lincoln High School
wrestling fan and had a passion for playing horseshoes and
hunting turkeys. He had an awesome vegetable garden and
loved family cookouts. He enjoyed babysitting his grandkids
and was a real people person.
Survivors include his
children: Theresa (Mark) Thibodeau of
Nekoosa and their children Ryan and Callie, Brian (Sue)
Jensen of Plover and their children Brandon and Mathew, Julane (Rod)
Ruder of Wisconsin Rapids and their daughter Kendra, Shelley
(David) Gurrola of
Minneapolis and their son Justin, and Craig (Trini) Jensen
of Wisconsin Rapids and their sons Chase and Connor; one
brother: Albert (Carol) Jensen of Nekoosa; two sisters:
Lorraine Hoyer (Ray Drake) and Harriet Brown (Dan Konietzke)
of Wisconsin Rapids. He was preceded in death by his
parents, his wife and one sister (Dorothy).
Friends may call at
Taylor, Vollert and Jennings Funeral Home from 4:00 to 7:00
p.m. on Sunday and
at the church on Monday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of
services.
In lieu of flowers,
memorials may be designated to First English Lutheran Church or to
the family, as an additional memorial is to be established
in the near future.
�We love you, Dad.
You will be missed. Thanks for the memories.�
Kenneth