Posted on: Franklin Co. Id Obits Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Id/FranklinObits?read=163 Surname: Jensen, Davis ------------------------- The Idaho State Journal 07-02-2000 Jay H. Jensen, 70, of Irwin, former longtime resident of Pocatello, died June 29, 2000, at his home in Irwin of cancer. He was born July 9, 1929, in Preston, Idaho, to Harold Charles Jensen and Annie Lorraine Davis Jensen. He moved to Ogden as a young child and attended school in Ogden and Salt Lake City. He attended Ogden High School. During the summer of 1948 he went to Pocatello and met his future wife at the Karmelkorn Shop where she was working. Jay and Melva Bell were married on February 18, 1949. Jay worked at various jobs and was lessee of a Conoco service station at the corner of Fifth and Halliday and then a Texaco station at Fifth and Clark. On April 1, 1957, he started work as a foot patrolman for the City of Pocatello Police Department. On April 9, 1982, he retired with the rank of lieutenant. He loved his 25 years as a police officer. He dearly loved to fish and hunt. He was an accomplished woodworker, and for most of the past 20 years, he worked out of his home doing custom matting and picture framing. He and Melva moved in 1990 to Irwin, Idaho, where he enjoyed finishing the inside of the log cabin they purchased. He was a member of the Chapel in the Valley Community Church. He is survived by his wife, Melva of Irwin; three sons: Gene (Peggy) Jensen of Salt Lake City, Sherman Jensen of Chandler, Arizona, John Jensen of Irwin; a daughter: Laurie (Joe) Vervaecke, Singapore; daughter-in-law: Jane Holbrook of Boise; six grandchildren: Chris and Mark Jensen, Kyle Jensen, Diane, Ainsley and Caroline Jensen; a sister Elna Thomas of Vermont and numerous nieces and nephews. His mother and father and stepfather, his only brother Hal and two granddaughters preceded him in death. Cremation has already taken place at Coltrin Mortuary and Crematory in Idaho Falls. Memorial services will be held Wednesday, July 5, 2000, at 11 a.m. at the Chapel in the Valley, Highway 26; Swan Valley, Idaho. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts are suggested to the Chapel of the Valley in Swan Valley, Teton Valley Hospice in Driggs, Idaho, or Swan Valley EMT's in Irwin, Idaho.