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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Jeanne Ann
Jensen
December 28, 1939 – January 12, 2024
Jeanne Ann Jensen, age 84 of West Carrollton, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 12, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on December 28, 1939, in Superior, WI, the daughter of the late Lawrence Thomas & Ramona Lucille (Lenfestey) Duret.
Jeanne spent her earlier years as a Medical Technologist. After getting married she became a proud homemaker and mother and cherished the opportunity to stay at home to raise her children. She then became a Secretary & Transcriptionist for United Rehabilitation Services for several years. She attended Our Lady of Good Hope Catholic Church. She was a member and Past President of the Junior Women's Club of West Carrollton and a member of the Red Hat Society.
Jeanne was a loving and devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She loved watching all sports especially college basketball. She was an avid fan of the Green Bay Packers and the Wisconsin Badgers. Jeanne knitted thousands of hats for the premature babies at Duke University Hospital NICU. Her happiest of times were with her family at the ocean at the Outer Banks in Duck, NC. She attended all of her grandchildren's events and was very proud of her entire family. Jeanne was adventurous and simply loved trying new things with her family. She loved to cook for family and friends. Jeanne especially loved to watch eagles. She also enjoyed watching and feeding birds and squirrels in her backyard and made her husband promise he would continue to feed them.
She is survived by her loving husband of 61 years Jack Jensen, 3 sons Dr. Robert Jensen (Dr. Lynn), David Jensen (Deborah), Michael Jensen (Karen), her daughter Valerie Farnsworth (Bryan), special daughter-in-law Peggy Jensen, her siblings Claudie Maroldo (Tony), Joan Mertens (Robert), Joseph Duret (Kathy), 8 grandchildren Dr. Christian, Matthew, Dominic, Alexander, Ryan, Kayla, Kristen, and Annika, as well as 1 niece, 2 nephews, other relatives and many friends.
Preceded in death by her brother Thomas "Tommy" Duret and her half sister Ramona "Muffet" (Christianson) Cadotte.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be said at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, January 19, 2024 at Our Lady of Good Hope Catholic Church, 320 Central Ave., Miamisburg, Ohio. Burial will follow at David's Cemetery in Kettering. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 18, 2024, at the Swart Funeral Home, West Carrollton.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Ohio's Hospice of Dayton in memory of Mrs. Jeanne A. Jensen.
Please share your condolences at www.swartfuneralhome.com. Sympathy, Love, and Thinking of You cards may be sent to The Family of Mrs. Jeanne Ann Jensen, C/O Swart Funeral Home, 207 E. Central Ave., West Carrollton, Ohio 45449.
Visitation
Swart Funeral Home
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Mass of Christian Burial
Our Lady of Good Hope Catholic Church
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