Lola Albertina Anna Jensen, 96, Hills, formerly of Luverne, died Monday, Dec. 13, 2004, at Luverne Community Hospital. Services were Wednesday, Dec. 15, at Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne. The Revs. Dell B. Sanderson and Maurice E. Hagen officiated. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne. Lola Johnson was born to William and Ricka (Straus) Johnson on Oct. 14, 1908, in Revillo, S.D. She was raised in Clear Lake, S.D., and moved with her family to a farm east of Ashcreek in 1926. She taught Sunday School in Ashcreek and lived and worked in Rock Rapids, Iowa. She later moved to Luverne and worked at Nelson Bros. Department Store. She married Morris Jensen on Feb. 28, 1937, in Luverne. She was a homemaker. She also worked at Creegers in Luverne. Mrs. Jensen was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne. In her retirement, she volunteered many hours at Luverne Community Hospital where she was the first to receive 1,000 volunteer hours. She enjoyed teaching many people to crochet and sew. She was nominated for Rock County Senior Citizen of the Year.Survivors include one son, Bob Jensen, Sioux Falls. S.D.; three granddaughters, Kristin Jensen, Las Vegas, Nev., Brenda (Brian) Rieger, Sioux Falls, S.D., and Annette (Gene) Kamphaus, Nevis; three great-grandchildren, Zackery, Mickala and Katheran Kamphaus; and one son-in-law, Vern Christiansen, Hardwick. Mrs. Jensen was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Morris, in 1996, a daughter, Carol Christiansen, in 1997, one brother, Norval Kraetsch, and five sisters, Violet, Ruth, Mable, Charlet and Ione. Dingmann Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.
