Maxine Louvaine Jensen

Sigourney, Iowa Visitation: Open after 12:00 Noon, with family visition from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. April 27, 2010 at Fremont Funeral Chapel Funeral Service: 10:30 A.M. April 28, 2010 at Fremont Funeral Chapel in Fremont, Iowa Interment: Brooks Cemetery near Hedrick, Iowa. Maxine Louvaine Jensen passed away, Saturday, April 24, 2010, at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney, after being cared for there for the past 5 months. She was born October 12, 1918, in Hedrick, Iowa, the daughter of Berel and Hazel Snooks Anderson. She lived her entire life in Hedrick, graduating from the Hedrick Consolidated High School in 1936. Following graduation, Maxine enrolled in the Ottumwa Beauty Academy from which she graduated in 1937. On February 24, 1940, she was united in marriage to Kenneth R. Jensen of Waverly, Iowa. He was a butter maker for the Waverly Dairy Company. They made their first home in Waverly and after two years moved to Hedrick where they remained. Together they built and operated the 3 J’s Roller Rink for 25 years. Maxine also returned to the Ottumwa Beauty Academy and worked as an instructor for a time. In 1950, Maxine opened the Nu Charm Beauty Shop in her home; she owned and operated the shop for over 60 years. She was a member of the Hedrick Christian Church, and had recently been attending the Open Bible Church in Ottumwa. Maxine thoroughly enjoyed socializing; she especially enjoyed getting together with the “Good Time Club” and playing Cheat Your Neighbor. Maxine will be remembered as a very talented, award winning, and published poet, writing many poems for special occasions. Maxine was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Kenny on November 24, 1996; her brother, Orville Eblen; and her sister, Geraldine Joyce Anderson. She is survived by her son, Raymond; a grand-daughter and her husband, Kimberly and Bill Shelton; a great-grandson, Joshua Shelton, all of the Chicago, Illinois, area; and her very special friends and caregivers, Marcia and Larry Heninger of Martinsburg, Iowa, and Bill and Mary Bradshaw of Hedrick, Iowa. Casket bearers were Larry Heninger, Bill Bradshaw, Randy Abel, Frank Wilson, Mike Wilson, and Norman Fullmer. Memorials may be made in her name to the Hedrick Library or the Hedrick First Responders.

Maxine Louvaine Jensen

October 12, 1918 - April 24, 2010

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October 12, 1918 - April 24, 2010

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