Helen C. Jenson

Helen C. Jenson, 92, of Moorhead, MN, died Tuesday, October 24, 2006, in MeritCare Hospital, Fargo, ND.Helen Cecelia Brekke was born on September 10, 1914 to Hans and Clara Johnson Brekke, in rural Fort Ransom, ND. At the age of eleven, her family moved to a farm near Amenia, ND where she attended school. At the age of nineteen, she moved to Arthur, ND. Due to Helen being visually handicapped she attended the Sight Saving School in Fairbault, MN for a period of time, where she learned typing and rug weaving. On December 5, 1952 she married Mensville Jenson in Moorhead, MN where they made their home. Mensville died February 9, 1987. Helen became a resident of Eventide Lutheran home in December 1998. She is survived by two sisters, Bernice Fowler of Fargo, ND and Maevis Christiansen of Seattle, WA; many nieces and nephews; and a very special friend, MaryJo Klinger of Southport, NC.She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and three brothers, Harris, Lloyd and Marvin.