Stella Elaine (Wikoren) Jensen, 69, Abilene, Tex.

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, June 9, 2004

Stella Elaine (Wikoren) Jensen, age 69, of Abilene, Texas, died Thursday, June 3, 2004 at a local hospital. Visitation for family and friends will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at North’s Memorial Chapel, 242 Orange. Her body will be cremated. Arrangements are being made by North’s Funeral Home.

Mrs. Jensen was born in Joice, Iowa, and was raised in Minnesota. She married Jerald Warren Jensen on March 27, 1953, in Albert Lea. She enjoyed writing and spending time with her family. She was a homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her parents: Julius and Bertha Wikoren; and daughter, Kimberly Marie, “Baby Kim.”

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Survivors include her loving husband, Jerry Jensen of Abilene; nine children: Cynthia Jensen of Abilene, Cheryl Jensen of Abilene, Steven Jensen of Snellville, Ga., Thomas Jensen of Abilene, Teresa (T.K.) Jensen and Sara Wilson of Austin, Pamela (Jensen) and Michael Bieniek of Marengo, Ill., Tammie (Jensen) and Bryan Meador of Wheeling, Ill., and Sheila Jensen of Lawrenceville, Ga.; ten grandchildren; two foster grandchildren; one brother, Howard Wikoren of LaPorte, Ind.; and six sisters: Esther Petersen of Albert Lea, Jelaine Nesset of Albert Lea, Mavis Horning of Albert Lea, Betty Erickson of Cypress, Calif., Alice Anderson of New Ulm, and Delores Matson of Plato, Mo.