Title: Dale Jensen
Dates: ca. 1930s-2012
Collection Number: 2013-P-040
Quantity: 8 digital items
Abstract: 8 digital scans (96 dpi JPEGs) of the Jensen homestead near Norma (ND), Dale and Aldon Jensen with the motorcycles they rode from Kenmare (ND) to Everett (WA) in the 1930s, construction at Wm. J. Neil plant near Velva (ND), and Jensen’s funeral program. Jensen was an electrician who served in WWII.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the State Historical Society of North Dakota by Robert D. Jensen on August 30, 2013.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Dahlen (Dale) M. Jensen was raised on a farm near Kenmare (ND). He served overseas in World War II. After returning from military service, he met Dora Brown in Phoenix (AZ) and they married on Mary 24, 1949. As an electrician, he worked construction jobs in MI, NM, MN, ND, CA and CO, finally settling back in ND in March 1965. He purchased a small parcel of land near Bismarck, built a home there, and turned 5 acres of weed into prairie grassland. Dale and Dora remained there well into their retirement, when they sold their home to the Century Baptist Church and relocated to Rapid City (SD).
Dale enjoyed various hobbies throughout his life, including fishing, hunting, boating, golfing, Barbershop Quartet and photography. He remained active in churches wherever they lived.
Dale passed away on August 21, 2012 at a nursing home in Rapid City (SD). He is survived by his wife Dora Jensen of Rapid City; two sons, Robert D. and Shirlene Jensen of Hazen (ND) and Ronald C. and Susan Jensen of Rapid City (SD); his sister, Ada Paddock of Tacoma (WA), four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
INVENTORY
2013-P-040-00001 Dale and Aldon Jensen on motorcycles they rode from Kenmare (ND) to Everett (WA), 1930s
2013-P-040-00002 Dale Jensen and cousins with automobile stuck in snow between Kenmare and Minot (ND) on Highway 52, ca. 1940s
2013-P-040-00003 Dale Jensen with motorcycles he rode from Kenmare (ND) to Everett (WA), 1930s
2013-P-040-00004 Motorcycles rode by Dale and Aldon Jensen from Kenmare (ND) to Everett (WA), 1930s
2013-P-040-00005 Construction crew at Wm. J. Neil plant near Velva (ND), Dahlen Jensen 8th from left, ca. 1930s
2013-P-040-00006 Jensen farmstead near Norma (ND)
2013-P-040-00007 Jensen house (used to be 9 miles from Norma, ND), 1992
2013-P-040-00008 Dale Jensen Funeral Program, 2012
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