Agnes Lucile Jensen, age 86, resident of Mayville , ND formerly Cooperstown , ND passed away Thursday, November 29, 2007 at the Luther Memorial Home in Mayville. Agnes was born February 21, 1921 in Sverdrup Township near Cooperstown to Bernard and Selina (Loge) Stokka. She grew up and was educated in Cooperstown , graduating from the Cooperstown High School . She attended St. Paul Bible Institute and worked in Minneapolis at the Sears Catalog Company. She married Virgil Jensen on February 14, 1948 . After their marriage they made their home in rural Cooperstown on the Jensen family farm. Agnes baked for the café in Cooperstown and worked at the hospital. She was very active in the church and garden club. She enjoyed gardening, crocheting, knitting and especially spending time with her family. Virgil died on May 29, 1975 . Agnes continued to make her home on the farm until moving into Cooperstown . She later moved to Fargo , then Grand Forks , and in January of 2003 she entered the Alzheimer's unit in the Luther Memorial Home in Mayville. Even then Agnes graced those around her with her positive disposition and beautiful smile.

Agnes will be deeply missed and remembered by her four daughters, Virginia Jensen of Portland, OR, Marilyn (Joel) Erickson of Oslo, MN, Joan (Kevin) Heppner of Munich, ND and Wanda (Mark) Sheppard of Fullerton, ND; two sons, Dennis (Edna) Jensen of Moorhead, MN and Merlyn Jensen of Cooperstown, ND; one brother Gordon (Joyce) Stokka of Brandon, SD; one sister Helen (Richard) Hess of Eden Prairie, MN; son-in-law Richard (Stephanie) Holm of Gillette, WY; sisters-in-law Bernice Turnquist and Doris Walen both of Cooperstown, ND; 17 grandchildren; several great grandchildren; and numerous nephews and nieces.

Agnes is preceded in death by her parents, husband, one son Jerry and two daughters, Aurel Holm and Audrey Jensen, one sister Doris Erickson, two brothers Stanley Stokka and Clifford Stokka.

Funeral services will be Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at 10:30 AM in the Saron Evangelical Free Church, rural Cooperstown , ND . Visitation will be Monday, December 3, 2007 from 4PM to 7PM with a 7PM family service in the Cooperstown Funeral Chapel. Visitation will continue at the church one hour prior to services. Interment will be in the Cooperstown Cemetery , Cooperstown , ND . Arrangements with the Cooperstown Funeral Chapel.