Dorothy Reid Jensen
1931 - 2019
Early Life: Dorothy was born January 20, 1931, to Robert Lincoln and Miriam Sutherland Reid, in Provo, Utah, where she grew up. Born of Utah pioneer stock, Dorothy’s childhood was blessed by the love and attention of a large, loving family. From a very early age, “ink” was in her blood. In Farrer Junior High School, she won the Intermountain Journalism Award for two straight years. At Provo High School, from which she graduated, she worked at KOVO Provo Radio Station, the school paper, and garnered an Outstanding Journalism Award. She subsequently worked and received awards from The Daily Herald in Provo, Utah.
Life’s Work | Service | Interests: Dorothy married her high school sweetheart, Karl Reed Jensen, at Provo’s St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. Karl served in the United States Air Force and they moved to Lackland Air Base in San Antonio, where she served as a USAF Command research and technical editor. After the birth of her first son, Michael in Salt Lake City, Utah, the family then moved to Detroit, Michigan, after Karl left his job at The Salt Lake Tribune for The Burroughs Corporation (a major American manufacturer of business equipment). At that time, Dorothy served as a writer for the Detroit Research Institute. Her second son, David, was born in Detroit, Michigan. The family moved to Arlington, Virginia, and thus began the “Wonder Bread” years of raising her two kids with all the love any mother could give. But, instead of pushing Little League or other sports, she (and Karl) made sure that their two children saw and participated in living history; even went to Supreme Court trials because her great uncle, George Alexander Sutherland, was an English-born U.S. jurist and politician and an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1965, the family moved to the Highlands (a mostly Eichler home suburb just west of Belmont and San Mateo, California). Her oldest sister, Eloise, and her beloved husband, Grant Peterson, had lived there since 1957 raising their two children, Bob and Karen, and once again, she was closer to her Utah home. The additional bonus was being near her cousins, Fred and Marbra Scherer (and their family), living in San Francisco at the time. She felt reconnected. In 1968, the family moved to Pasadena, California. She and Karl were divorced in 1973. Being a fiercely independent woman, she decided to go back to college and get her bachelor’s degree. She then landed a job at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power where she distinguished herself as an award-winning spokeswoman, writer, and public relations expert. She retired from there, sold the family house in Pasadena, and elected to return to her birthplace, Provo, Utah, to be closer to her sisters and be with her middle sister, Joyce, prior to her passing in 2004. Dorothy was a deeply independent, self-actualized, family-loving devoted daughter, sister, wife, mother, aunt, grandmother, and friend. She loved poetry, politics, and Emily Dickinson. Most of all, she loved the Wasatch Mountains, Stewart’s Flats, and Mount Timpanogos, specifically. Dorothy Reid Jensen passed away peacefully December 6, 2019, in her home in Provo, Utah. She was 87.
Survived By: Her sons, Michael Jensen, David Jensen (Kathleen); granddaughter, Kristen Jensen, and her beloved “Cat.” She is also survived by her extended family on both the Reid and Scherer; Sutherland side include her niece and nephews and their families, Kelly Harris (Denise), Kathy Farnsworth (Floyd), Karen Knowlton, Robert and Susan Peterson.
Preceded In Death By: Her parents; as well as her beloved sisters, Eloise (Grant Peterson) and Joyce (Raymond) Harris.
Service: Berg Drawing Room Chapel
Arrangements: Berg Mortuary of Provo
Interment: Provo City Cemetery
Obituary: © The Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | 5 Jan 2020
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1931 - 2019
Early Life: Dorothy was born January 20, 1931, to Robert Lincoln and Miriam Sutherland Reid, in Provo, Utah, where she grew up. Born of Utah pioneer stock, Dorothy’s childhood was blessed by the love and attention of a large, loving family. From a very early age, “ink” was in her blood. In Farrer Junior High School, she won the Intermountain Journalism Award for two straight years. At Provo High School, from which she graduated, she worked at KOVO Provo Radio Station, the school paper, and garnered an Outstanding Journalism Award. She subsequently worked and received awards from The Daily Herald in Provo, Utah.
Life’s Work | Service | Interests: Dorothy married her high school sweetheart, Karl Reed Jensen, at Provo’s St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. Karl served in the United States Air Force and they moved to Lackland Air Base in San Antonio, where she served as a USAF Command research and technical editor. After the birth of her first son, Michael in Salt Lake City, Utah, the family then moved to Detroit, Michigan, after Karl left his job at The Salt Lake Tribune for The Burroughs Corporation (a major American manufacturer of business equipment). At that time, Dorothy served as a writer for the Detroit Research Institute. Her second son, David, was born in Detroit, Michigan. The family moved to Arlington, Virginia, and thus began the “Wonder Bread” years of raising her two kids with all the love any mother could give. But, instead of pushing Little League or other sports, she (and Karl) made sure that their two children saw and participated in living history; even went to Supreme Court trials because her great uncle, George Alexander Sutherland, was an English-born U.S. jurist and politician and an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1965, the family moved to the Highlands (a mostly Eichler home suburb just west of Belmont and San Mateo, California). Her oldest sister, Eloise, and her beloved husband, Grant Peterson, had lived there since 1957 raising their two children, Bob and Karen, and once again, she was closer to her Utah home. The additional bonus was being near her cousins, Fred and Marbra Scherer (and their family), living in San Francisco at the time. She felt reconnected. In 1968, the family moved to Pasadena, California. She and Karl were divorced in 1973. Being a fiercely independent woman, she decided to go back to college and get her bachelor’s degree. She then landed a job at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power where she distinguished herself as an award-winning spokeswoman, writer, and public relations expert. She retired from there, sold the family house in Pasadena, and elected to return to her birthplace, Provo, Utah, to be closer to her sisters and be with her middle sister, Joyce, prior to her passing in 2004. Dorothy was a deeply independent, self-actualized, family-loving devoted daughter, sister, wife, mother, aunt, grandmother, and friend. She loved poetry, politics, and Emily Dickinson. Most of all, she loved the Wasatch Mountains, Stewart’s Flats, and Mount Timpanogos, specifically. Dorothy Reid Jensen passed away peacefully December 6, 2019, in her home in Provo, Utah. She was 87.
Survived By: Her sons, Michael Jensen, David Jensen (Kathleen); granddaughter, Kristen Jensen, and her beloved “Cat.” She is also survived by her extended family on both the Reid and Scherer; Sutherland side include her niece and nephews and their families, Kelly Harris (Denise), Kathy Farnsworth (Floyd), Karen Knowlton, Robert and Susan Peterson.
Preceded In Death By: Her parents; as well as her beloved sisters, Eloise (Grant Peterson) and Joyce (Raymond) Harris.
Service: Berg Drawing Room Chapel
Arrangements: Berg Mortuary of Provo
Interment: Provo City Cemetery
Obituary: © The Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | 5 Jan 2020
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
Dorothy Reid Jensen
1931 - 2019
Early Life: Dorothy was born January 20, 1931, to Robert Lincoln and Miriam Sutherland Reid, in Provo, Utah, where she grew up. Born of Utah pioneer stock, Dorothy’s childhood was blessed by the love and attention of a large, loving family. From a very early age, “ink” was in her blood. In Farrer Junior High School, she won the Intermountain Journalism Award for two straight years. At Provo High School, from which she graduated, she worked at KOVO Provo Radio Station, the school paper, and garnered an Outstanding Journalism Award. She subsequently worked and received awards from The Daily Herald in Provo, Utah.
Life’s Work | Service | Interests: Dorothy married her high school sweetheart, Karl Reed Jensen, at Provo’s St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. Karl served in the United States Air Force and they moved to Lackland Air Base in San Antonio, where she served as a USAF Command research and technical editor. After the birth of her first son, Michael in Salt Lake City, Utah, the family then moved to Detroit, Michigan, after Karl left his job at The Salt Lake Tribune for The Burroughs Corporation (a major American manufacturer of business equipment). At that time, Dorothy served as a writer for the Detroit Research Institute. Her second son, David, was born in Detroit, Michigan. The family moved to Arlington, Virginia, and thus began the “Wonder Bread” years of raising her two kids with all the love any mother could give. But, instead of pushing Little League or other sports, she (and Karl) made sure that their two children saw and participated in living history; even went to Supreme Court trials because her great uncle, George Alexander Sutherland, was an English-born U.S. jurist and politician and an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1965, the family moved to the Highlands (a mostly Eichler home suburb just west of Belmont and San Mateo, California). Her oldest sister, Eloise, and her beloved husband, Grant Peterson, had lived there since 1957 raising their two children, Bob and Karen, and once again, she was closer to her Utah home. The additional bonus was being near her cousins, Fred and Marbra Scherer (and their family), living in San Francisco at the time. She felt reconnected. In 1968, the family moved to Pasadena, California. She and Karl were divorced in 1973. Being a fiercely independent woman, she decided to go back to college and get her bachelor’s degree. She then landed a job at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power where she distinguished herself as an award-winning spokeswoman, writer, and public relations expert. She retired from there, sold the family house in Pasadena, and elected to return to her birthplace, Provo, Utah, to be closer to her sisters and be with her middle sister, Joyce, prior to her passing in 2004. Dorothy was a deeply independent, self-actualized, family-loving devoted daughter, sister, wife, mother, aunt, grandmother, and friend. She loved poetry, politics, and Emily Dickinson. Most of all, she loved the Wasatch Mountains, Stewart’s Flats, and Mount Timpanogos, specifically. Dorothy Reid Jensen passed away peacefully December 6, 2019, in her home in Provo, Utah. She was 87.
Survived By: Her sons, Michael Jensen, David Jensen (Kathleen); granddaughter, Kristen Jensen, and her beloved “Cat.” She is also survived by her extended family on both the Reid and Scherer; Sutherland side include her niece and nephews and their families, Kelly Harris (Denise), Kathy Farnsworth (Floyd), Karen Knowlton, Robert and Susan Peterson.
Preceded In Death By: Her parents; as well as her beloved sisters, Eloise (Grant Peterson) and Joyce (Raymond) Harris.
Service: Berg Drawing Room Chapel
Arrangements: Berg Mortuary of Provo
Interment: Provo City Cemetery
Obituary: © The Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | 5 Jan 2020
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1931 - 2019
Early Life: Dorothy was born January 20, 1931, to Robert Lincoln and Miriam Sutherland Reid, in Provo, Utah, where she grew up. Born of Utah pioneer stock, Dorothy’s childhood was blessed by the love and attention of a large, loving family. From a very early age, “ink” was in her blood. In Farrer Junior High School, she won the Intermountain Journalism Award for two straight years. At Provo High School, from which she graduated, she worked at KOVO Provo Radio Station, the school paper, and garnered an Outstanding Journalism Award. She subsequently worked and received awards from The Daily Herald in Provo, Utah.
Life’s Work | Service | Interests: Dorothy married her high school sweetheart, Karl Reed Jensen, at Provo’s St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. Karl served in the United States Air Force and they moved to Lackland Air Base in San Antonio, where she served as a USAF Command research and technical editor. After the birth of her first son, Michael in Salt Lake City, Utah, the family then moved to Detroit, Michigan, after Karl left his job at The Salt Lake Tribune for The Burroughs Corporation (a major American manufacturer of business equipment). At that time, Dorothy served as a writer for the Detroit Research Institute. Her second son, David, was born in Detroit, Michigan. The family moved to Arlington, Virginia, and thus began the “Wonder Bread” years of raising her two kids with all the love any mother could give. But, instead of pushing Little League or other sports, she (and Karl) made sure that their two children saw and participated in living history; even went to Supreme Court trials because her great uncle, George Alexander Sutherland, was an English-born U.S. jurist and politician and an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1965, the family moved to the Highlands (a mostly Eichler home suburb just west of Belmont and San Mateo, California). Her oldest sister, Eloise, and her beloved husband, Grant Peterson, had lived there since 1957 raising their two children, Bob and Karen, and once again, she was closer to her Utah home. The additional bonus was being near her cousins, Fred and Marbra Scherer (and their family), living in San Francisco at the time. She felt reconnected. In 1968, the family moved to Pasadena, California. She and Karl were divorced in 1973. Being a fiercely independent woman, she decided to go back to college and get her bachelor’s degree. She then landed a job at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power where she distinguished herself as an award-winning spokeswoman, writer, and public relations expert. She retired from there, sold the family house in Pasadena, and elected to return to her birthplace, Provo, Utah, to be closer to her sisters and be with her middle sister, Joyce, prior to her passing in 2004. Dorothy was a deeply independent, self-actualized, family-loving devoted daughter, sister, wife, mother, aunt, grandmother, and friend. She loved poetry, politics, and Emily Dickinson. Most of all, she loved the Wasatch Mountains, Stewart’s Flats, and Mount Timpanogos, specifically. Dorothy Reid Jensen passed away peacefully December 6, 2019, in her home in Provo, Utah. She was 87.
Survived By: Her sons, Michael Jensen, David Jensen (Kathleen); granddaughter, Kristen Jensen, and her beloved “Cat.” She is also survived by her extended family on both the Reid and Scherer; Sutherland side include her niece and nephews and their families, Kelly Harris (Denise), Kathy Farnsworth (Floyd), Karen Knowlton, Robert and Susan Peterson.
Preceded In Death By: Her parents; as well as her beloved sisters, Eloise (Grant Peterson) and Joyce (Raymond) Harris.
Service: Berg Drawing Room Chapel
Arrangements: Berg Mortuary of Provo
Interment: Provo City Cemetery
Obituary: © The Daily Herald | Provo, Utah | 5 Jan 2020
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
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