VETERAN
US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
Early Life: Mark was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on October 4, 1918, the son of Harold Howell and Martha Smith Jenson. He was one of the last grandchildren of President Joseph F. Smith to be blessed by the Prophet prior to his death in November of 1918. Mark grew up on West Temple in Salt Lake City and graduated from West High School and the U of U.
Life's Work/Service/Interests: On Friday, June 13, 1942, Mark married his high school sweetheart, Margaret Krueger, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He joined the United States Army serving in World War II as a Captain in Field Artillery and retired as a Colonel. He graduated from the University of Utah College of Medicine in 1949 and completed his Internship at Tripler General Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii. Mark practiced general medicine in the coal mining town of Castle Gate, Utah. He then completed an Ophthalmology residency at Boston City General Hospital, and was a Diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology. He practiced Ophthalmology in Grand Junction, Colorado and then moved his practice to Provo, Utah, in 1960. He loved to travel and teach. He loved his family, reading, skiing and tennis. He was a voluntary physician for "Ophthalmology Care" of Algiers and El Salvador. A volunteer Physician in Vietnam. He worked for two years in Saudi Arabia and four years in the Philippines. The last few years of his medical career were at the Salt Lake City VA Medical Center. Mark B. Jenson passed away September 26, 2005.
Survived By: His children: Kraig and Susan Jenson, Kathie and Robert Jewett, Mark and Cami Jenson; grandchildren: Jennifer Jenson, Tonia and Alex Lee, Kaleb Jenson; Jess and Stacie Jewett, Michael and Rebecca Jewett, Margaret K. Jenson, Andrew K. Jenson, Matthew K. Jenson, Kimberly E. Jenson; great-grandchildren: Jonathan Lee and Adell Jewett;-all of whom are greatly loved and blessed by his example and heritage.
Preceded In Death By: His parents; two brothers: Harold Smith Jenson and Robert Smith Jenson; and sister: Edna Montani.
Obituary: Deseret News | 28 Sep 2005
Bio compiled by: AnnieDuckettHundley
US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
Early Life: Mark was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on October 4, 1918, the son of Harold Howell and Martha Smith Jenson. He was one of the last grandchildren of President Joseph F. Smith to be blessed by the Prophet prior to his death in November of 1918. Mark grew up on West Temple in Salt Lake City and graduated from West High School and the U of U.
Life's Work/Service/Interests: On Friday, June 13, 1942, Mark married his high school sweetheart, Margaret Krueger, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He joined the United States Army serving in World War II as a Captain in Field Artillery and retired as a Colonel. He graduated from the University of Utah College of Medicine in 1949 and completed his Internship at Tripler General Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii. Mark practiced general medicine in the coal mining town of Castle Gate, Utah. He then completed an Ophthalmology residency at Boston City General Hospital, and was a Diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology. He practiced Ophthalmology in Grand Junction, Colorado and then moved his practice to Provo, Utah, in 1960. He loved to travel and teach. He loved his family, reading, skiing and tennis. He was a voluntary physician for "Ophthalmology Care" of Algiers and El Salvador. A volunteer Physician in Vietnam. He worked for two years in Saudi Arabia and four years in the Philippines. The last few years of his medical career were at the Salt Lake City VA Medical Center. Mark B. Jenson passed away September 26, 2005.
Survived By: His children: Kraig and Susan Jenson, Kathie and Robert Jewett, Mark and Cami Jenson; grandchildren: Jennifer Jenson, Tonia and Alex Lee, Kaleb Jenson; Jess and Stacie Jewett, Michael and Rebecca Jewett, Margaret K. Jenson, Andrew K. Jenson, Matthew K. Jenson, Kimberly E. Jenson; great-grandchildren: Jonathan Lee and Adell Jewett;-all of whom are greatly loved and blessed by his example and heritage.
Preceded In Death By: His parents; two brothers: Harold Smith Jenson and Robert Smith Jenson; and sister: Edna Montani.
Obituary: Deseret News | 28 Sep 2005
Bio compiled by: AnnieDuckettHundley
VETERAN
US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
Early Life: Mark was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on October 4, 1918, the son of Harold Howell and Martha Smith Jenson. He was one of the last grandchildren of President Joseph F. Smith to be blessed by the Prophet prior to his death in November of 1918. Mark grew up on West Temple in Salt Lake City and graduated from West High School and the U of U.
Life's Work/Service/Interests: On Friday, June 13, 1942, Mark married his high school sweetheart, Margaret Krueger, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He joined the United States Army serving in World War II as a Captain in Field Artillery and retired as a Colonel. He graduated from the University of Utah College of Medicine in 1949 and completed his Internship at Tripler General Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii. Mark practiced general medicine in the coal mining town of Castle Gate, Utah. He then completed an Ophthalmology residency at Boston City General Hospital, and was a Diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology. He practiced Ophthalmology in Grand Junction, Colorado and then moved his practice to Provo, Utah, in 1960. He loved to travel and teach. He loved his family, reading, skiing and tennis. He was a voluntary physician for "Ophthalmology Care" of Algiers and El Salvador. A volunteer Physician in Vietnam. He worked for two years in Saudi Arabia and four years in the Philippines. The last few years of his medical career were at the Salt Lake City VA Medical Center. Mark B. Jenson passed away September 26, 2005.
Survived By: His children: Kraig and Susan Jenson, Kathie and Robert Jewett, Mark and Cami Jenson; grandchildren: Jennifer Jenson, Tonia and Alex Lee, Kaleb Jenson; Jess and Stacie Jewett, Michael and Rebecca Jewett, Margaret K. Jenson, Andrew K. Jenson, Matthew K. Jenson, Kimberly E. Jenson; great-grandchildren: Jonathan Lee and Adell Jewett;-all of whom are greatly loved and blessed by his example and heritage.
Preceded In Death By: His parents; two brothers: Harold Smith Jenson and Robert Smith Jenson; and sister: Edna Montani.
Obituary: Deseret News | 28 Sep 2005
Bio compiled by: AnnieDuckettHundley
US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
Early Life: Mark was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on October 4, 1918, the son of Harold Howell and Martha Smith Jenson. He was one of the last grandchildren of President Joseph F. Smith to be blessed by the Prophet prior to his death in November of 1918. Mark grew up on West Temple in Salt Lake City and graduated from West High School and the U of U.
Life's Work/Service/Interests: On Friday, June 13, 1942, Mark married his high school sweetheart, Margaret Krueger, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He joined the United States Army serving in World War II as a Captain in Field Artillery and retired as a Colonel. He graduated from the University of Utah College of Medicine in 1949 and completed his Internship at Tripler General Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii. Mark practiced general medicine in the coal mining town of Castle Gate, Utah. He then completed an Ophthalmology residency at Boston City General Hospital, and was a Diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology. He practiced Ophthalmology in Grand Junction, Colorado and then moved his practice to Provo, Utah, in 1960. He loved to travel and teach. He loved his family, reading, skiing and tennis. He was a voluntary physician for "Ophthalmology Care" of Algiers and El Salvador. A volunteer Physician in Vietnam. He worked for two years in Saudi Arabia and four years in the Philippines. The last few years of his medical career were at the Salt Lake City VA Medical Center. Mark B. Jenson passed away September 26, 2005.
Survived By: His children: Kraig and Susan Jenson, Kathie and Robert Jewett, Mark and Cami Jenson; grandchildren: Jennifer Jenson, Tonia and Alex Lee, Kaleb Jenson; Jess and Stacie Jewett, Michael and Rebecca Jewett, Margaret K. Jenson, Andrew K. Jenson, Matthew K. Jenson, Kimberly E. Jenson; great-grandchildren: Jonathan Lee and Adell Jewett;-all of whom are greatly loved and blessed by his example and heritage.
Preceded In Death By: His parents; two brothers: Harold Smith Jenson and Robert Smith Jenson; and sister: Edna Montani.
Obituary: Deseret News | 28 Sep 2005
Bio compiled by: AnnieDuckettHundley
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