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Show 0. S. JENSEN PAID TRIBUTE ATJERVICES Many friends gathered Tues day afternoon to pay tribute to ; the memory of Olaf (Ole) S. : Jensen, 63, at services held at Bingham High School, where he endeared himself to students for 25 years. ; Students were dismissed for X the afternoon to attend the fun- i' eral of the longtime building en- gineer. Mr. Jensen had won the ; friendship of the students throughout the years through his geniality and active interest in their sports, dramatics and other I activities. i Mr. Jensen died Sunday, May 9, at 2 p.m. at his residence in Copperton of a heart ailment. He was born October 14, 1890, in Denmark, a son of James and Maren ChrLstensen Jensen. He came to the United States in 1893 and to Bingham in 1908. He was employed as a building engineer by Jordan School District since 1930. He and Neva Waldemar were married in Mt. Pleasant in 1915. She survives him. Other survivors are a son, W. Donald Jensen, Salt Lake City; a daughter, Mrs. Mildred Niemi, Copperton; two grandchildren; three brothers, A. C Jensen, Sandy; Willard R. and Wilford E. Jensen and a sister, Mrs. Maggie Mag-gie Giesler, Salt Lake City. Miss Ada Duhigg, superintendent superintend-ent of Highland Boy Community House, officiated at the services. Speakers were Thomas H. McMullin, Mc-Mullin, Bingham High School principal, and Dr. Paul S. Richards, Rich-ards, Salt Lake physician. Vocal and choral numbers were furnished fur-nished by the Bingham High School girls choir and by Joel P. Jensen, former music instructor at Bingham high school. Active pallbearers were Dr. I Glen R. Anderson, Dr. E. E.I Keller and Wilfred Ruff, Salt Lake City; Bailey J. Santistevan, Frank LaComb and Odell Peterson, Peter-son, Copperton. - - Honorary pallbearers were Dr. Richards, Dr. F. E. Straup, Judge Francis A. Miller, Rex T. Tripp, Harold W. Nielsen, Marion Pen-rod, Pen-rod, Elwin Winn and George W. Bolman. The Minerette Club took care of the flowers. Interment was in Memorial Gardens of the Valley under direction di-rection of Bingham Mortuary. O |