Eugene "Gene" Everett Jensen, 64, of Bemidji, died on Monday, Feb. 27, 2006, at home surrounded by his wife and children.
A funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday at the Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home in Bemidji with Kath Molitor officiating. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service on Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery in Bemidji.
Pallbearers will be Irvin Blom, Jerry Gaslin Jr., Anton Jones, Bill Deitz, Wes Nelson and Jim Langerak.
He was born on Sept. 11, 1941, to Mervil and Ella (Larsen) Jensen, in Albert Lea, Minn. When he was one year old his family moved to Bemidji, where he attended school, graduating from high school in 1959. He began earning his living by driving truck for various businesses in the Bemidji area.
In 1966, he moved to the Eveleth area, and he worked in the mines near Aurora/Hoyt Lakes for three and a half years. He met Edna Johnson in Eveleth in 1984 and they were married in Virginia, Minn., on Dec. 11, 1987. He retired from mining in 1998 and moved northwest of Bemidji, where he and his wife lived until the time of his death.
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He is survived by his wife of Bemidji; mother of Bemidji; sons, Darren Jensen of California and Bryan Jensen of Blackduck; daughters, Sandy Pikula of Washington and Debbie (Bruce) Jensen of Eveleth; stepchildren, Brad (Cynthia) Hadrava of Eveleth, Charmayne (Jerry Jr.) Gaslin of Hinckley, John (Tina) Rogalski of Hinckley, Sherman (Michelle) Rogalski of Bryant, S.D., and James (Shannon) Rogalski of Delano, Minn.; 23 grandchildren; brother, Richard (Marcella) Jensen of Bemidji; sisters, Marvel (Richard) Olson of Bemidji, Jo-Anne (Gilbert) Bahr of Bemidji; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father, his grandson and his granddaughter.
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