Roy Jensen

ROY A. JENSEN UCON, ID -- Roy Alvin Jensen, 88, of Idaho Falls, passed away September 30, 2006, at his home of causes incident to age. He was under the loving care of his family. Roy was born August 26, 1918, in Ucon, Idaho, to Peter Halvor Jensen and Alice Simmons Jensen. He grew up in Ucon, attended Fairview Elementary School, then graduated from Ucon High School. He graduated from Utah State Agricultural College in Logan, Utah, with a bachelors degree in Agronomy. He enlisted in the U. S. Army in January, 1942, and served in the mounted Cavalry until their operations were mechanized. He then trained as a pilot and was stationed in Alaska and Canada and flew transport planes for the Army Air Corps until his discharge in 1945. While working for the Soil Conservation Office in Aberdeen, Roy met and fell in love with Mary Eileen Jensen, whom he married October 13, 1947, in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. In 1949 they returned to Ucon, where he purchased a family farm originally homesteaded by his grandparents. He worked at the INL as a Health Physicist, from which he retired after more than 25 years. He had a lifelong love of farming and enjoyed raising American Saddler horses and Hereford cattle. After more than 56 years of marriage, his beloved Mary Eileen passed away February 27, 2004. An active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he served as a counselor in the Bishopric, as Ward Young Men President, on the Stake High Council, and in the Stake Sunday School Presidency. He enjoyed airplanes, horses, and fishing. Survivors include: Son: Garth R. (Elaine) Jensen, Macungie, PA Daughter: Mary Alice (Steve) Cannon, Idaho Falls, ID Daughter: Linda Ann Jensen, Idaho Falls, ID Son: David P. (Fara) Jensen, Troy, MI 16 Grandchildren & 9 Great Grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his sweetheart, Mary Eileen Jensen, brothers Vernal and Don, and sisters, Mary, Mina, Louie, Edna, Alta, and LaRue. Funeral Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, October 4, 2006, at the Ucon LDS Monument Ward, 10854 North 41st East. The family will visit with friends Tuesday from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Wood Funeral Home, 273 N. Ridge, and Tuesday from Noon to 12:40 p.m. at the church. Burial will be in the Ucon Cemetery under the direction of Wood Funeral Home. Military Rites will be performed by the Bonneville County Veterans Memorial Team. ---------------------------------------------------- Condolences sent online: Daren & Vonell Terry vonell@hotmail.com Our prayers are with you and your family. Your family has made such an impression on our daughter Ranell. We thank you for making her feel comfortable. May the Lord comfort you in your time of sorrow and give you peace during this time of sorrow. Colleen Hammon Poole fraz52@comcast.net I probably spent as much time in your home as any kid in Ucon did while we were growing up. Your family was exemplary then, and has continued to be so! Your Mom and Dad are both in my memory bank of people I loved and learned much from. I was lucky to have their encouragement. It's been a long time since I got to talk to most of you, but I'm sure if we were to meet we would start right up again as if no years had passed by. I'm happy that your Mom and Dad get to be together again -- and I'm sad with you that you have to move on without their physical closeness to you. Please know that the Hammon's loved the Jensen's! Love, Colleen