Lavern Jensen

Lavern C. Jensen age 88 of Waverly died Friday, September 3, 2010, at the Waverly Health Center. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 7, 2010, at the Bartels Lutheran Home Chapel. Interment will be in Sunnyside Cemetery, rural Charles City with military rites by the Nashua VFW Post. Friends may greet the family an hour prior to the service at the Bartels Chapel. Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home in Nashua is in charge of arrangements. Lavern C. Jensen was born July 23, 1922, in Ute, IA, the son of Chris and Lois (Ridley) Jensen. He graduated from high school in Ute and began working for the Security National Bank in Sioux City. He enlisted in the US Navy on February 3, 1943, served during WWII as a navy fighter pilot. He was honorably discharged on November 23, 1945. He then attended a business college in Sioux City, IA, and then went to Rutgers University in New York for his degree. Lavern returned to the Security National Bank and became vice president and trust officer at the bank for forty six years retiring in 1987. On April 5, 1957, in Sioux City, IA, he married Margaret Graeser of Nashua. He was active in many organizations including the Morningside Lutheran Church, St. Luke’s Medical Center, past president of AIB, the United Cerebral Palsy, Travelers Aid, Siouxland Estate Planning Council and Hope Haven in Rock Valley, IA. Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Margaret; one son, Jay Jensen of Bettendorf, IA; one daughter Linda (Ronald) Caldwell of Denver, CO; five grandchildren, Camie (Mark) Knollenberg, Nick Jensen, Farrah Jensen, Shera (Dale) Barbour and Kade Jensen; four great-grandchildren, Ali Knollenberg, Mitchell Knollenberg, Autumn Jensen and Madyson Jensen; one nephew, Phillip Jacobson of KS. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister and brother-in-law, Lavera and Dale Jacobson.