Obituary - Jensen

Knud Milton "Ken" Jensen

Knud 'Ken' Milton Jensen LANGHORNE, PA - Knud "Ken" Milton Jensen, 92, died Monday at St. Mary Medical Center, Langhorne, PA. Born in Pitman, NJ on May 31, 1916, he lived in Pitman for 62 years and Columbus, NJ for 22 years before moving to Attleboro Retirement Village in Langhorne in 2001. He was graduated from Pitman High School with many letters in track. He was also a graduate of Trenton State College and Glassboro State College. He taught high school industrial arts for 35 years at Glassboro High School, Director of Industrial Arts at Clearview Regional High School, Mullica Hill, NJ and Delran High School, Delran, NJ. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II as an officer aboard the tanker USS Cowanesque in both the Mediterranean and South Pacific Theaters. Upon retirement he continued his lifelong passion for woodworking, making many pieces of fine furniture. His projects include pieces for area churches, restoration of the Moller pipe organ in the Patriots Theater at the War Memorial in Trenton, NJ, and a Commerative Chest for the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) on display in Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C. He continued teaching by bringing classes of school children into his shop to make wooden projects. He was a member of New Jersey Education Association, The Pitman Masonic Lodge # 157, and a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Bordentown, NJ. Son of the late Peter and Hannah May Pomiliar Jensen, and husband of the late Louise Boyer Jensen and Lovinia Boyer White-Jensen, he is survived by his sisters, Marie Smyrl of Willow Street, PA, Hannah May and her husband, George Williams, of Greenwood, SC; daughter, Elma May Jensen Brey and her husband, Jonathan Brey, of East Hampton, CT; son-in-law Noel Hasty; four grandchildren, Christine Brey McNally, Andrew Peter Brey, Bettina Anne Hasty and Benjamin Todd Hasty; two great grandchildren, Kaylie Shannon McNally and Peter Jensen Brey; 5 step-children, Sally Anne White Haulman, Robert Boyer White, Richard Levan White, Ronald Harding White and his wife, Mina Gould White, Elizabeth Jane White Ludlow and her husband, Richard Binfield Ludlow; 11 step-grandchildren, Robert Denton White, Matthew David White, Richard Henry White, Andrew Jonathan White, Jed Harding White, Cara Milne White, Ronald Cory White, Anne Gould White, David Christian White, Katherine Dodge Ludlow and John Binfield Ludlow; step-great-grandchild, Robert Denton White, Jr., and also survived by a special friend, Jane Tomlinson of Langhorne, PA. He was predeceased by a daughter, Kirsten Boyer Jensen Hasty. A Memorial Service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 47 W. Afton Avenue, Yardley, PA. Burial will be private. A Reception will follow at the St. Andrew's Rectory. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Attleboro Residents' Association Fund or the Attleboro Residents' Association Scholarship Fund. Arrangements by FitzGerald-Sommer Funeral Home, Yardley, PA.

Source: https://obits.nj.com/us/obituaries/trenton/name/knud-jensen-obituary?id=13181805&sfmc_id=138692616&env=56edcb9c87261ebea85f8b621cbccb0923b2680fbafb97c8d78421cbbca93174

Published by The Times of Trenton on Dec. 17, 2008