Willis 'Bill' Jensen

WILLIS "BILL" JENSEN

West Branch

Willis "Bill" Glenn Jensen, 75, passed away suddenly Friday, July 8, 2016, at his cabin in Harpers Ferry.

Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Friday, July 15, at Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Branch. Visitation will be Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in West Branch Cemetery.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.hendersonbarkerfuneralhome.com.

A memorial fund has been established.

Bill was born Nov. 24, 1940, in Iowa City, the son of Sigurd and Alberta Hemingway Jensen. He was a graduate of West Branch High School, Class of 1959. On May 23, 1962, he was united in marriage to Shirley Hammes in Solon.

He had owned Jensen Electric for many years and later was employed with University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City for 26 years, retiring in 2002.

Bill lived in the West Branch area most of his life. He enjoyed coffee club, boating, fishing and spending time with his friends at his cabin on the Mississippi River in northeast Iowa.

Survivors include his wife, Shirley of West Branch; two sons, Rick of West Branch and Trent (Joanna) of Chicago; two granddaughters, Jessica and Sydney Jensen of Grays Lake, Ill.; brother, Carl (Dorothy) Jensen of Sumner, Texas; two sisters, Elaine Siddell and Marilyn Cook, both of Iowa City; as well as many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Bonnie.