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Obituary- Jenssen, Donald 2

Donald D. Jenssen
Donald D. Jenssen, 64, Rossville, died Thursday, December 10, 1992, at a Topeka hospital.

Mr. Jenssen was a production balance man at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company at Topeka. He served in the Army from 1951 to 1953, including 18 months in Korea. He earned the Bronze Star Award.

He was born June 27, 1928, in Scranton, the son of Kurt F. and Fern L. Dudney Jenssen. He was graduated from Harveyville High School in 1946, then farmed with his father near Harveyville from 1946 to 1951. He lived in Topeka from 1951 to 1958, and since then in Rossville.

Mr. Jenssen was a member of United Rubber Workers of America AFL-CIO Local Union No. 307 and Goodyear Retirees Club, both in Topeka, and Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion in Rossville.

He was married to Genevieve M. Bixby on December 26, 1953. She survives. A daughter, Joyce Annette Jenssen, died August 3, 1963.

Other survivors include a daughter, Donna Brunin, Rossville; three sons, Edward Jenssen and Daryl Jenssen, both of Rossville, and David Jenssen, Topeka; two sisters, Hilde McLean, Kansas City, Mo., and Marilyn Todd, Spring Hill; and nine grandchildren.

Services were a.t 10 a.m. Monday in St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Rossville. Military graveside services were conducted by Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 in Rossville Cemetery.

Verschelden Funeral Home, St. Marys, was in charge of arrangements.

Memorial contributions may be made to American Heart Association and sent in care of the funeral home.

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