Clair N. Jensen

Hastings resident, Clair N. Jensen, 91, passed away Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at his home at the Villa, Good Samaritan Society, Hastings, NE. Services will be Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 10:30 am at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, in Hastings, NE with Pastor Steven Peeler officiating. Burial will be in the Spring Creek Cemetery in Ruskin, NE at 2 pm. Visitation will be Friday, August 17, 2012 from 12 noon to 9 pm at the Brand-Wilson Funeral Home and up till service time at the church. Condolences may be sent to the family from www.brandwilson.com. In lieu of flowers memorials may be given to the American Cancer Society or Good Samaritan Society, Hastings-Village. Clair was born August 22, 1920 to J.M. and Marie (Nicholsen) Jensen in Hardy, NE. He was baptized and confirmed at the Bethany Lutheran Church in Ruskin, NE. He married Leora M. Larsen at the Bethany Lutheran Church in Ruskin, NE she passed away on May 8, 2011. He worked in Omaha, NE for a hardware business and owned and operated a lawn service. They had lived in Hastings the past 25 years spending the winters in Arizona. He was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Hastings, NE. He loved music and sung in many choirs. He is survived by 1 sister, Clara Marie Madsen of Eugene, OR, 3 sister-in-laws, Carla Jensen of Deshler, NE, Bernice Jensen of Eugene, OR, and Eveliene Hansen of Hastings, NE and 1 brother-in-law, Wendell Larsen of Fish Creek WI, 10 God children and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Leora, 3 brothers, Addis, Harley and Otto, 3 sisters, Marion Nelson, Carla and Clara Jensen and 1 sister in law, Esther Jensen of Superior, NE.