DeEtta I. Jensen
Oct. 2, 1914 - Dec. 22, 2005
WILLMAR -- DeEtta I. Jensen, 91, of Willmar died Thursday at Bethesda Pleasantview Nursing Home in Willmar.
The service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Willmar. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery.
Visitation will be for one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar.
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She was born Oct. 2, 1914, in Hanlontown, Iowa, to Edward and Alvina (Foss) Purcell. She received her education at the District 77 country school and at the Morris Agriculture School.
She married Roy C. Jensen on July 3, 1937, in Willmar. They lived and farmed in St. John's Township, near Priam. They retired and moved to Edwards Township. They moved to Sunrise Village in Willmar in 1997. They wintered in Arizona.
She was a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church. She was a 4-H leader, manager of the 4-H food stand at the Kandiyohi County Fair for many years, and was a member of the Kandiyohi County Home Extension Group.
She is survived by her husband; children: Geraldine (and Dr. Lyle) Nyberg, Howard Jensen (and Jacque Jensen), Diane (and Bill) Klaers, all of Willmar; nine grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and one sister: Velma Blomquist of La Quinta, Calif.
