Obituary Record

Edward E. Jensen
Died on 7/1/1971

#1 BROTHER OF BLAIR WOMAN DROWNS

Services for Edward E. Jensen, 31, of 650 Simms Avenue, who drowned near Winslow, Neb., Saturday night, will be 10:30 a.m . Tuesday at Meyer Chapel. Burial will be in Cedar Lawn Cemetery.

The Dodge County Sheriff's office said Jensen drowned while fishing in Logan Creek north of Winslow. Officers said he waded into a 20-foot dropoff while fishing with Bob Lukowski of Glenwood, Ia.

His body was recovered Sunday morning.

A junior programmer for the Union Pacific Railroad, Jensen is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Folmer Jensen of Council Bluffs; sisters, Mrs. Sharon Weaver and Mrs. Karen Hyde, both of the Bluffs, and Mrs. Grace Slader of Blair, Nebr.; a brother, Lynn, of Fresno, Calif.; and grandmothers, Mrs. Grace Bird and Mrs. Marie Jensen, both of Council Bluffs.

#2 Council Bluffs, Iowa Nonpareil June 28, 1971 age 31 years, died from drowning while fishing in Logan Creek near Hooper NE, he stepped into a 20' drop-off and his friend tried to rescue him but was unable to; he was employed as a junior programmer for Union Pacific Railroad; served 1961-1965 U.S. Air Force; member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church; Meyer Chapel in charge of arrangements; survived by parents, twin sister Mrs. Sharon Weaver, and sister Mrs. Karen Hyde both of Council Bluffs, & sister Mrs. Grace Slader of Blair, NE; brother Lynn Jensen of Fresno, CA; grandmothers Mrs. Grace Bird and Mrs. Marie Jensen both of Council Bluffs ~~~obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska ~~~

Find A Grave Memorial 212780951

Printed in the Washington County Enterprise on 7/1/1971


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