Clara May Jensen was born in Lincoln, Nebraska on December 8, 1899, to F. O. and Mary Elizabeth (May) Holbrook Thompson. She received her education in Lincoln. Clara married George Jensen at Moorcroft, Wyoming, June 15, 1918. Clara and George farmed in Wyoming, Dickenson County, Iowa, and moved to rural Clarkfield, Minnesota in 1941. They retired from their farm and moved to Clarkfield in 1967. She was a homemaker and care giver her entire life. Clara raised a family of eight children and one granddaughter. She was a member of the Clarkfield American Legion Auxilliary Post 169, the Methodist Women's Society, and active for many years in Clarkfield United Methodist Church. Clara passed away at the Clarkfield Care Center on Sunday, September 15, 1991, at the age of 91 years. Clara is survived by her sons, Frederick and Virgil both of Clarkfield, Alfred and his wife Donna, and Fayette and his wife Betty both of International Falls, Minnesota, daughters, Erma Olson and her husband Elvern of Everett, Washington, and Esther Hanson and her husband Curtis of Montevideo, Minnesota, granddaughter, Kay Kluckman Dack and her husband John of Granite Falls, Minnesota, 16 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren. Also surviving Clara is her brother, Rich Thompson and his wife Anna, sister, Katherine Mellott, and sister-in-law, Lucille Thompson all of Moorcroft. Clara was preceded in death by her parents; husband George on November 14, 1968; two daughters, infant Mary Jane Jensen and Thelma Kluckman; and nine brothers and sisters. Funeral Service: Thursday, September 19, 1991, 2:00 p.m., Clarkfield United Methodist Church, Clarkfield, Minnesota Officiant: Rev. Harris Halstead Organist: Sharon Homan Soloist: Tracy McKeown "Softly and Tenderly" "Beyond The Sunset" Casket Bearers: Grandsons Bruce Hanson, Jerry Jensen, Michael Hanson, Tim Jensen, Bradley Jensen, Kevin Olson, Dale Jensen, Loren Olson, Donald Jensen, Wesley Olson, Zendal Olson Final Resting Place: Clarkfield City Cemetery, Yellow Medicine County, Clarkfield, Minnesota Arrangements by Lynner Funeral Home Since 1891 Clarkfield Minnesota