SON OF MRS. J.P. JENSEN, WAS WELL-KNOWN IN THIS CITY

Soren K. Jensen, widely known Grand Island construction engineer, died Sunday morning in a hospital shortly after suffering a heart attack. He was 42 years old.

Mr. Jensen had been a member of the firm of the Diamond Engineering company since 1941.

Born in Blair, Sept. 8, 1905, Mr. Jensen was one of seven children born to Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Jensen.

Employed at one time by the state highway department, Mr. Jensen later became a project engineer for the PWA, and as such supervised the work on both the municipal swimming pool and the city hall in Grand Island. The family moved to Grand Island in 1939. In 1940 he entered the Diamond Engineering company’s employ, joining the firm a year later.

He was a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He was affiliated with Grand Island Lodge No. 318, A.F. & A.M., the Engineer’s club, the Grand Island Chamber of Commerce, Liederkranz, and Elks Lodge.

Mr. Jensen was married at Ord on Oct. 12, 1934, to Miss Frances Lucille Bradt.

Surviving besides his wife, are two small children, Soren, Jr., and Linda Ann; his mother, Mrs. J.P. Jensen, Sr., of Blair; three brothers, Howard of Arlington, John P. of Kearney, and Dr. Alfred C. of Los Angeles; and two sisters, Mrs. F.C. Larson of Des Moines and Mrs. W.R. Bailer of Lincoln. His father and an infant brother James, preceded him in death.

Funeral services were held at 11 o’clock Tuesday morning in the Livingston Sonderman Funeral Home, with the Rev. John Blackmore, pastor of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Omaha, officiating.

The body was then brought to Blair, where services were held at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at the home of his mother, with burial in the Blair cemetery.