Leora M Jensen

Hastings resident, Leora M. Jensen, 88, passed away Sunday, May 8, 2011 at Perkins Pavilion, Good Samaritan Society, Hastings-Village. Services will be Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10 AM at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Hastings, NE with Rev. Steve Peeler and Rev. Charles Johnson officiating. Graveside service will be at 2:30 PM at the Spring Creek Cemetery in Ruskin, NE. Visitation will be Tuesday, May 10, 2011 from 9 AM to 9 PM at the Brand-Wilson Funeral Home, Hastings, NE. Condolences may be sent to the family from www.brandwilson.com. Leora was born September 7, 1922 to Chris A. and Mathilda M. (Petersen) Larsen in Ruskin, NE. She was baptized and confirmed at the Bethany Lutheran Church in Ruskin, NE, and where she later married her husband Clair. She was the temporary post master in Hardy, NE and worked at Kewitt Construction Co in Omaha, NE for 32 years. She moved to Omaha in 1950 returning to the Hastings area in 1989. She loved music and sang in choirs in Omaha, Ruskin, NE and Arizona churches. She is survi ved by her husband, Clair, one sister, Eveliene Hansen of Hastings, NE, and one brother, Wendell Larsen of Fish Creek, WI, and ten god-children, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by one brother Ed Larsen. Memorials may be given the American Cancer Society, Good Samaritan Village or the donors choice.