Dawson County NeArchives Obituaries.....Jensen, Carrol Elizabeth Sherman February 2, 2011 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/nefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Danny Gruber danny.gruber@gmail.com March 1, 2011, 2:29 pm Lexington Clipper-Herald Feb. 5, 2011 Carrol “Carol” Elizabeth Jensen, 80, died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, at her home in Fullerton, Calif. surrounded by her husband, Ed and daughters, Sue and Tricia. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011, at 11 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Overton with the Rev. Katherine Bullard officiating.  Burial will be in the Overton Cemetery at Overton.  Visitation will be held Friday, Feb. 11, 2011, from 5-7 p.m. at the Overton Funeral Home in Overton.  Carol was born July 1, 1930, on a farm southeast of Lexington to Clarence J. and Eva R. (Luckinbill) Sherman.  She was a 1947 graduate of Elm Creek High School and attended business school in Lincoln.  Carol was married to LeRoy “Ward” Batie on Oct. 3, 1948, at the Overton United Methodist Church and they lived on the family farm northeast of Overton.  Two daughters, Sue Batie and Patricia “Tricia” Luse were born to this union.  Ward died of Polio on Nov. 7, 1954, and following his death, Carol, Sue, and Tricia moved to Lexington.  In 1958, they moved to San Pedro, Calif.  On July 4, 1980, Carol married Edward “Ed” J. Jensen at the La Mirada United Methodist Church.  Ed brought his two daughters, Kathryn and Karoline into the family.  Survivors include, in addition to Ed, Sue, Tricia, Kathryn Hullum, and Caroline (Paul) Mantz, by her two special “adopted” daughters, Jin Yang and Hannah Lim, their husbands, and her five “adopted” grandchildren.  Also surviving are two brothers, Gary (Carol) Sherman of Ceresco and Frank Sherman of Overton; brother-in-law, Robert Beran of Slidell, La.; brother-in- law and sister-in-law Soren and Lynde Jensen of Bellevue, Wash.; an aunt, Carroll Sherman of Kearney; two uncles, Fred Peister of Kearney and Joseph O’Dea of Slidell, La., and many nieces, nephews and cousins.    Carol is preceded in death by her husband Ward; her parents; her sister Clarice Beran; her fathers and mothers-in-law; Roy and Beulah Batie and Soren and Eula Jensen; sister-in-law, RoseMary Sherman; sister-in-law, Louise Wells; and brother and sister-in-law, Howard and Marge Jensen and many aunts, uncles, cousins, a great-nephew, and friends.  File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/dawson/obits/j/jensen508gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb