Jensen, Robert Alvin (1951 – 2018)

JENSEN, ROHRS

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 10/16/2018 at 23:19:40

Name of deceased: Robert Alvin Jensen

Aged: 66 yrs, 11 mo, 9 days

Residence: Avoca, IA

Born: Oct. 26, 1951; Council Bluffs, Pottawatomie County, IA

Died: Oct. 5, 2018; Select Specialty Hospital, Omaha, Douglas County, NE

Funeral services: Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018; Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Avoca, IA

Survived by: cousins, other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Wilson Alvin and Elma (nee Rohrs) Jensen

Education: Attended school in Shelby, IA and graduated with the class of 1970; was very active in school, participating in band (clarinet) and was a part of Honor Band, was active in Student Council, lettered in baseball, football and basketball, and was Homecoming King his senior year. He excelled in the classroom where he was a member of National Honor Society and was also awarded the Citizenship award during high school. After high school, he attended Iowa State University in Ames, IA where he received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Degree in 1977.

Religious affiliation: Baptized on Feb. 10, 1952 and confirmed on March 13, 1966, both at the United Lutheran Church in Shelby, IA

Military service: no information provided

Marriage: no information provided

Employment: Practiced veterinary medicine in Shelby, IA, and continued to help on the family farm

Hobbies/Interests: Coin collecting; an ardent fam of the St. Louis Cardinals and of the the Iowa State Cyclones

Sources: pauleyjones.com