Robert Jensen

January 21, 1934 - January 21, 2013

Robert “Bob” Jensen, 78, of 311 Marshall Street in Boone passed away at his home on Tuesday morning, January 15, 2013. He was born on January 21, 1934 in Audubon County, Iowa the son of Joseph Peter and Ethel Mary (Williams) Jensen. On August 22, 1956, he married Carol June Shirbroun at the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Coon Rapids, Iowa. Bob graduated from Viola Center High School. During his life, he had farmed, been a salesman, a teletype operator for the Santa Fe Railroad, and since 1961, was an insurance agent with his own agency, Jensen Insurance. Bob enjoyed gardening and was an avid John Deere enthusiast. He loved to spend time with his family and having coffee with his friends. He was a member of the Cornerstone Alliance Church and Gideons International. His parents and sister, Nila Hyndman in December of 2011, preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife Carol of Boone; 2 sons Micheal Jensen and wife Pam of Olathe, Kansas and Mark Jensen and wife Rhonda of Boone; 3 daughters Robin Dawson and husband Wayne of Guymon, Oklahoma, Renee Smits and husband Henry of Olathe, Kansas and Rechelle Moran and husband Mark of Mesa, Arizona; 16 grandchildren Matthew Jensen, Lana Jensen, Jami Jensen, Roxanne (Dawson) Ingle, Michelle (Dawson) Meisner, Andrew Dawson, Myles Smits, Michael Smits, Maxwell Smits, Mason Smits, Chelsie Moran, Spencer Moran, Michaela Moran, Samantha Moran, Kennedy Vinchattle, and Roman Jensen; 3 great-grandchildren McKennon Ingle, Audrey Ingle, and Truett Meisner; and a brother Eldon Jensen and wife Dana of Denver, Colorado. Services will be held on Monday evening, January 21st at 5:00 p.m. at the Cornerstone Alliance Church in Boone with Rev. King Smith officiating. Interment will be on Tuesday morning in the Orange Center Cemetery in Coon Rapids, Iowa. Those wishing to express their sympathies through a memorial may direct their gift to the Gideons International or the Cornerstone Alliance Church.