Joanne Maureen Jensen

Joanne M Jensen, age 87, of Bloomington, MN passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, surrounded by her family. She was born July 1, 1938, in Winona, MN. She grew up on a farm in Rushford, MN and graduated from Rushford High School in 1956. After graduating she moved to Rochester MN to attend the Methodist Kahler School of Nursing, where she met her husband Dale and married him in 1958. She received her Registered Nurse (RN) degree in 1959 and worked at Rochester Methodist Hospital. A couple of years later they moved to Minneapolis where Dale worked at the Minneapolis Tribune and in the 1970's Joanne became the church librarian at Mount Olivet Lutheran Church. She continued working in the nursing profession at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minnesota Masonic Home, and as a medical record auditor. For fun she spent many summer weeks as "nursie" at Mount Olivet's Cathedral of the Pines. Eventually she retired from nursing and followed in her mother's footsteps buying and selling antiques and collectibles at antique shows and Hopkins Antique Mall. Joanne loved to travel. Ft Myers Beach was a favorite location where she and Dale bought a condo and spent many falls and winters enjoying the beach. Her strength, kindness, humor, twinkling blue eyes, compassion for others, and love for her family will be greatly missed. She is survived by her daughter, Kimberly Jensen; granddaughter, Petra Jensen; brother and sister-in-law, Dean and Elaine Jensen; niece, Dawn Marshall; nephew, Lance Jensen; cousins, Merlin, Wayne and Don Lukkason, Joan and Ken Greethurst, Lavern Halling, Michael, Jennie and Billie Jo Boehmke and many friends. Joanne is preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Viola Boehmke; husband, Dale Jensen; daughter, Tara Jensen; nephew, Curt Jensen; grandparents, Berndt and Ellen Lukkason and John and Helena Boehmke; aunt and uncles, Edward, Elmer, Martin and Alice, Delmar and Catherine Boehmke, Esther Morse, Elfreida and Wayne Greethurst, Bernice and Oscar Evenson, Melvin and Rachel, Elmer, Alfred and Cora, and Maurice and Ruth Lukkason; cousins, Sharon Buermann, Wesley Evenson, Delores Falls and Bernt Lukkason. A memorial service will be held at Mount Olivet Lutheran Church, 5025 Knox Ave S, Minneapolis, on Monday, December 29 at 100pm. There will be a visitation one hour prior to the service.

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Joanne Maureen Jensen

July 1, 1938 - December 10, 2025

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Joanne Maureen Jensen

July 1, 1938 - December 10, 2025

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