WILLMAR -- Emma Geneva Jensen, 95, of Willmar, formerly of Atwater, died Tuesday at the Altera Sterling House in Willmar.
The service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Atwater. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with the Atwater Funeral Home.
She was born on Aug. 11, 1912, near Lake Lillian, to John and Emma (Elton) Bomstad. Her mother died at the time of her birth. She was raised by her sister, Florence (and August) Norine.
She married K. Arthur Jensen on Sept. 8, 1929. They farmed near Rosendale. Then they lived in Atwater.
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She is survived by her two sons: DeWayne (and Joycelyn) Jensen of Big Stone City, S.D., and Dan (and Marlene) Jensen of White Bear Lake; five grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1987, four sisters and two brothers.
