Jason Lee Jensen

Surrounded by his family, Jason Lee Jensen, 53, of Sioux City, Iowa passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at his mother’s home in Spirit Lake, Iowa.

Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, March 24, 2017 at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Sioux City with the Rev. Russell Senstad and Rev. David Zirpel officiating. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. until service time at the church.  Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, March 24, 2017 at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Aurelia, Iowa.

Jason was born July 24, 1963 in Cherokee Iowa, the son of Gerald and Jean (Grieme) Jensen. Jason’s younger years were spent growing up on a farm South of Aurelia.  Jason was baptized August 4, 1963 at St. John Lutheran Church in Galva, Iowa and confirmed on April 20, 1978 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Aurelia, Iowa.  He graduated from Aurelia High School in 1982 and in 1986 he graduated from Iowa State University with a Business Degree in Finance.  After college, he moved to Phoenix, AZ for a year before returning to Iowa and taking a job with MCI working his way up living in Sioux City, Greeley, CO and Wichita, KS.

He married Margaret Harrington on October 5, 1991 and shortly after moved back to Sioux City, for an Accounts Payable Manager position with MCI. In 1994 he accepted a position with Gateway Computers where he worked 13 years in the areas of accounting and finance gaining valuable work experience with a successful, large company.  In 2008 Jason started working at Van Beek Natural Science in Orange City, Iowa as Director of Finance and Risk Management and commuted 80 miles every day from his home in Sioux City.

In Jason’s free time he loved spending time with his family, fishing and watching sports.

Jason is survived by his children, son Joshua Jensen of Minneapolis, MN and daughter Megan Jensen of San Francisco, CA, his mother Jean Jensen of Spirit Lake, his brother Jed Jensen and his wife Amy of Spirit Lake and three nephews Trevor, Connor and Zachary.

Jason was preceded in death by his father.