Carolyn "Tigger" Jensen
February 2, 1933 ~ June 12, 2017
Carolyn Bekins “Tigger” Jensen, 84 of Sioux City was gathered into the arms of God for healing from Alzheimer’s on June 12, 2017.
Memorial services will be at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, June 21, 2107 at First Presbyterian Church. Rev. Dr. Tom Murray will officiate. Burial will be in Logan Park Cemetery. Visitation with the family present will be from 5:30 – 7:30 P.M. Tuesday at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel.
Tigger was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on February 2, 1933, to Paul and Nancy Slagle Bekins. She married Irving F. Jensen, Jr., on November 1, 1954 in Sioux City and was the loving mother to their five children and the best “Ger” her crowd of grandchildren and great-grandchildren could ask for.
Tigger, given her nickname for her energetic nature as a child, lived up to her moniker as an active member of her community, serving as president of the Clark Elementary School PTA, president of PEO Chapter LD, president of Portfolio Book Club, and president of Questers Antique Study Club. Tigger also was on the board of the Sioux City Art Center, Girl Scouts, was part of the Peace Project to beautify Sioux City by planting trees, an active member of the Junior League, and was instrumental in bringing the Freedom Train to Sioux City. She was a longtime member of the Okoboji Yacht Club and a champion Y class sailor. Tigger had been a longtime member of Our Saviors Lutheran Church and was currently a member of First Presbyterian Church. For her dedication to her community, Tigger was awarded an honorary doctorate from Morningside College in Sioux City in May of 2011.
She loved to play tennis and bridge – but most of all, Tigger loved children. An expert needle pointer, she needle pointed Christmas stockings for all of her grandchildren. She was involved in the Children’s Theater Project of the Junior League and taught children how to water ski in the summers. Every summer she hosted her ever-growing family in Okoboji for a week of fun she called “Ger’s Camp.” Her grandchildren will always remember these weeks as some of the best of their childhoods. Even as Alzheimer’s made communication for her difficult, Tigger always lit up when her younger grandchildren came to visit her, and when she was introduced to her great-grandchildren.
Tigger is preceded in death by her parents, Paul and Nancy Bekins; grandparents Johannes and Dena Bekins, and Walter and Florence Lamson.
She is survived by her husband Irving F. Jensen, Jr. of Sioux City; daughter Mia Jensen (Sean O’Malley) of Jackson, WY; daughter Juliana Mayne (John) of Sioux City; daughter Carolyn Bender (Robert Garesché) of Dallas, TX; daughter Nancy Kent (Dean) of Sioux City; son Irving F. Jensen, III (Melissa) of Dakota Dunes, SD; her sister Jane Meginnis of St. George, UT; and grandchildren Katherine Mayne Wheeler (Jack), Wiley E. Mayne III, and Juliana Marya Mayne; Erika Burton (Chris), Carolyn DeTrempe (Andrew), and Robert Bender; Nancy Nicole Vakulskas (Dan), Dean Alexander Kent and Christian Kent; Irving F. Jensen IV, Henry, Hayden, and Bennett Jensen; great-grandchildren Elizabeth Wheeler, Charles Burton, and Samuel and Madison Vakulskas, and many brothers- and sisters-in law, nieces, nephews and cousins.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Morningside College or Hospice of Siouxland.
[Source: Meyer Brothers Funeral Homes in Sioux City, Iowa]
February 2, 1933 ~ June 12, 2017
Carolyn Bekins “Tigger” Jensen, 84 of Sioux City was gathered into the arms of God for healing from Alzheimer’s on June 12, 2017.
Memorial services will be at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, June 21, 2107 at First Presbyterian Church. Rev. Dr. Tom Murray will officiate. Burial will be in Logan Park Cemetery. Visitation with the family present will be from 5:30 – 7:30 P.M. Tuesday at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel.
Tigger was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on February 2, 1933, to Paul and Nancy Slagle Bekins. She married Irving F. Jensen, Jr., on November 1, 1954 in Sioux City and was the loving mother to their five children and the best “Ger” her crowd of grandchildren and great-grandchildren could ask for.
Tigger, given her nickname for her energetic nature as a child, lived up to her moniker as an active member of her community, serving as president of the Clark Elementary School PTA, president of PEO Chapter LD, president of Portfolio Book Club, and president of Questers Antique Study Club. Tigger also was on the board of the Sioux City Art Center, Girl Scouts, was part of the Peace Project to beautify Sioux City by planting trees, an active member of the Junior League, and was instrumental in bringing the Freedom Train to Sioux City. She was a longtime member of the Okoboji Yacht Club and a champion Y class sailor. Tigger had been a longtime member of Our Saviors Lutheran Church and was currently a member of First Presbyterian Church. For her dedication to her community, Tigger was awarded an honorary doctorate from Morningside College in Sioux City in May of 2011.
She loved to play tennis and bridge – but most of all, Tigger loved children. An expert needle pointer, she needle pointed Christmas stockings for all of her grandchildren. She was involved in the Children’s Theater Project of the Junior League and taught children how to water ski in the summers. Every summer she hosted her ever-growing family in Okoboji for a week of fun she called “Ger’s Camp.” Her grandchildren will always remember these weeks as some of the best of their childhoods. Even as Alzheimer’s made communication for her difficult, Tigger always lit up when her younger grandchildren came to visit her, and when she was introduced to her great-grandchildren.
Tigger is preceded in death by her parents, Paul and Nancy Bekins; grandparents Johannes and Dena Bekins, and Walter and Florence Lamson.
She is survived by her husband Irving F. Jensen, Jr. of Sioux City; daughter Mia Jensen (Sean O’Malley) of Jackson, WY; daughter Juliana Mayne (John) of Sioux City; daughter Carolyn Bender (Robert Garesché) of Dallas, TX; daughter Nancy Kent (Dean) of Sioux City; son Irving F. Jensen, III (Melissa) of Dakota Dunes, SD; her sister Jane Meginnis of St. George, UT; and grandchildren Katherine Mayne Wheeler (Jack), Wiley E. Mayne III, and Juliana Marya Mayne; Erika Burton (Chris), Carolyn DeTrempe (Andrew), and Robert Bender; Nancy Nicole Vakulskas (Dan), Dean Alexander Kent and Christian Kent; Irving F. Jensen IV, Henry, Hayden, and Bennett Jensen; great-grandchildren Elizabeth Wheeler, Charles Burton, and Samuel and Madison Vakulskas, and many brothers- and sisters-in law, nieces, nephews and cousins.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Morningside College or Hospice of Siouxland.
[Source: Meyer Brothers Funeral Homes in Sioux City, Iowa]
Carolyn "Tigger" Jensen
February 2, 1933 ~ June 12, 2017
Carolyn Bekins “Tigger” Jensen, 84 of Sioux City was gathered into the arms of God for healing from Alzheimer’s on June 12, 2017.
Memorial services will be at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, June 21, 2107 at First Presbyterian Church. Rev. Dr. Tom Murray will officiate. Burial will be in Logan Park Cemetery. Visitation with the family present will be from 5:30 – 7:30 P.M. Tuesday at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel.
Tigger was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on February 2, 1933, to Paul and Nancy Slagle Bekins. She married Irving F. Jensen, Jr., on November 1, 1954 in Sioux City and was the loving mother to their five children and the best “Ger” her crowd of grandchildren and great-grandchildren could ask for.
Tigger, given her nickname for her energetic nature as a child, lived up to her moniker as an active member of her community, serving as president of the Clark Elementary School PTA, president of PEO Chapter LD, president of Portfolio Book Club, and president of Questers Antique Study Club. Tigger also was on the board of the Sioux City Art Center, Girl Scouts, was part of the Peace Project to beautify Sioux City by planting trees, an active member of the Junior League, and was instrumental in bringing the Freedom Train to Sioux City. She was a longtime member of the Okoboji Yacht Club and a champion Y class sailor. Tigger had been a longtime member of Our Saviors Lutheran Church and was currently a member of First Presbyterian Church. For her dedication to her community, Tigger was awarded an honorary doctorate from Morningside College in Sioux City in May of 2011.
She loved to play tennis and bridge – but most of all, Tigger loved children. An expert needle pointer, she needle pointed Christmas stockings for all of her grandchildren. She was involved in the Children’s Theater Project of the Junior League and taught children how to water ski in the summers. Every summer she hosted her ever-growing family in Okoboji for a week of fun she called “Ger’s Camp.” Her grandchildren will always remember these weeks as some of the best of their childhoods. Even as Alzheimer’s made communication for her difficult, Tigger always lit up when her younger grandchildren came to visit her, and when she was introduced to her great-grandchildren.
Tigger is preceded in death by her parents, Paul and Nancy Bekins; grandparents Johannes and Dena Bekins, and Walter and Florence Lamson.
She is survived by her husband Irving F. Jensen, Jr. of Sioux City; daughter Mia Jensen (Sean O’Malley) of Jackson, WY; daughter Juliana Mayne (John) of Sioux City; daughter Carolyn Bender (Robert Garesché) of Dallas, TX; daughter Nancy Kent (Dean) of Sioux City; son Irving F. Jensen, III (Melissa) of Dakota Dunes, SD; her sister Jane Meginnis of St. George, UT; and grandchildren Katherine Mayne Wheeler (Jack), Wiley E. Mayne III, and Juliana Marya Mayne; Erika Burton (Chris), Carolyn DeTrempe (Andrew), and Robert Bender; Nancy Nicole Vakulskas (Dan), Dean Alexander Kent and Christian Kent; Irving F. Jensen IV, Henry, Hayden, and Bennett Jensen; great-grandchildren Elizabeth Wheeler, Charles Burton, and Samuel and Madison Vakulskas, and many brothers- and sisters-in law, nieces, nephews and cousins.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Morningside College or Hospice of Siouxland.
[Source: Meyer Brothers Funeral Homes in Sioux City, Iowa]
February 2, 1933 ~ June 12, 2017
Carolyn Bekins “Tigger” Jensen, 84 of Sioux City was gathered into the arms of God for healing from Alzheimer’s on June 12, 2017.
Memorial services will be at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, June 21, 2107 at First Presbyterian Church. Rev. Dr. Tom Murray will officiate. Burial will be in Logan Park Cemetery. Visitation with the family present will be from 5:30 – 7:30 P.M. Tuesday at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel.
Tigger was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on February 2, 1933, to Paul and Nancy Slagle Bekins. She married Irving F. Jensen, Jr., on November 1, 1954 in Sioux City and was the loving mother to their five children and the best “Ger” her crowd of grandchildren and great-grandchildren could ask for.
Tigger, given her nickname for her energetic nature as a child, lived up to her moniker as an active member of her community, serving as president of the Clark Elementary School PTA, president of PEO Chapter LD, president of Portfolio Book Club, and president of Questers Antique Study Club. Tigger also was on the board of the Sioux City Art Center, Girl Scouts, was part of the Peace Project to beautify Sioux City by planting trees, an active member of the Junior League, and was instrumental in bringing the Freedom Train to Sioux City. She was a longtime member of the Okoboji Yacht Club and a champion Y class sailor. Tigger had been a longtime member of Our Saviors Lutheran Church and was currently a member of First Presbyterian Church. For her dedication to her community, Tigger was awarded an honorary doctorate from Morningside College in Sioux City in May of 2011.
She loved to play tennis and bridge – but most of all, Tigger loved children. An expert needle pointer, she needle pointed Christmas stockings for all of her grandchildren. She was involved in the Children’s Theater Project of the Junior League and taught children how to water ski in the summers. Every summer she hosted her ever-growing family in Okoboji for a week of fun she called “Ger’s Camp.” Her grandchildren will always remember these weeks as some of the best of their childhoods. Even as Alzheimer’s made communication for her difficult, Tigger always lit up when her younger grandchildren came to visit her, and when she was introduced to her great-grandchildren.
Tigger is preceded in death by her parents, Paul and Nancy Bekins; grandparents Johannes and Dena Bekins, and Walter and Florence Lamson.
She is survived by her husband Irving F. Jensen, Jr. of Sioux City; daughter Mia Jensen (Sean O’Malley) of Jackson, WY; daughter Juliana Mayne (John) of Sioux City; daughter Carolyn Bender (Robert Garesché) of Dallas, TX; daughter Nancy Kent (Dean) of Sioux City; son Irving F. Jensen, III (Melissa) of Dakota Dunes, SD; her sister Jane Meginnis of St. George, UT; and grandchildren Katherine Mayne Wheeler (Jack), Wiley E. Mayne III, and Juliana Marya Mayne; Erika Burton (Chris), Carolyn DeTrempe (Andrew), and Robert Bender; Nancy Nicole Vakulskas (Dan), Dean Alexander Kent and Christian Kent; Irving F. Jensen IV, Henry, Hayden, and Bennett Jensen; great-grandchildren Elizabeth Wheeler, Charles Burton, and Samuel and Madison Vakulskas, and many brothers- and sisters-in law, nieces, nephews and cousins.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Morningside College or Hospice of Siouxland.
[Source: Meyer Brothers Funeral Homes in Sioux City, Iowa]
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