Jeannette Jensen
April 26, 1916 — May 12, 2014
Jeannette E. Jensen
of Barrington
The visitation for Jeannette E. Jensen (nee Haiges), 98, will be held from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday, May 17, at Davenport Family Funeral Home, 149 W. Main St. (Lake-Cook Road), Barrington, with a brief funeral service at 12:45 p.m. A reception will follow the service. Interment will be private in Evergreen Cemetery, Barrington.
Born April 26, 1916, in Oak Park, she passed away Monday, May 12, 2014, at Good Shepherd Hospital.
Mrs. Jensen was a horse woman, golfer, gardener, musician and a mean bridge player — a true renaissance woman.
Survivors include her sons, David, Daniel (Nancee Martin), and Thomas (Jill) Jensen; grandsons, Matthew (Jacqueline), Derrick, Shane, and Zachary Jensen; and sister, Gladys (Edward) Stastny.
Mrs. Jensen was preceded in death by her husband, Charles; parents, William C. and Martha (nee Emke) Haiges; and brothers, Donald (Hazel) and William (Evelyn) Haiges.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in Mrs. Jensen’s name may be made to the American Heart Association of Greater Chicago, www.heart.org, 800-242-8721, 208 S. LaSalle St., Ste. 1500, Chicago, IL 60604, or the Chicago Botanic Garden, www.chicagobotanic.org, 847-835-5440, 1000 Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe, IL 60022.