Wife, mother, grandmother, sister, daughter, granddaughter, friend, and traveler Karen Jensen passed away peacefully with family at her side Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. Born Karen Elaine Hammond at the family home in Lake Point, Utah, May 17, 1937, to Willard Taft Hammond and Norma Mae (Martin) Hammond, Karen was the third of seven children.
After her father’s death in 1945 her family moved to Tooele, Utah, where she married Milton Ray Jensen on March 21, 1954. Together they had three children Milton Kim, Teri Rae, and Byron Chris. They were married fifty-two years, at the time of Milton’s death Dec. 12, 2006. While raising two young children, with another on the way, Karen took in her younger brother Howard helping him finish high school. Later in 1980, the same year her youngest graduated from high school, she earned her own GED. Karen worked many years for Tooele County School District at Harris Elementary and a few years at Tooele Army Depot, supply, box and crate.
She liked camping and fishing with her family and friends in the Rocky Mountain region and in retirement years the weekends at the El Nautica Boat Club. Karen always wanted to travel and see the world. She managed to see much of the United States and made trips to Alaska and Australia. She enjoyed crafts, knitting, sewing, ceramics, baking, and making candy. Karen had a sense of class, a kind heart, and a sweet tooth. Cinnamon rolls, peanut butter cookies, pies, fudge, and other treats were always in the house. Karen Jensen will be remembered as a caregiver. Throughout all the stages of her life she was always a very kind and loving caregiver.
Karen is survived by son Chris (Jodi) Jensen; son in law David Hopkins; daughter in law Carol Jensen; grandchildren Cody (Jamie) Jensen, Shad (Cindy) Jensen, Aaron (Mary) Jensen, And Koda Hopkins; great-grandchildren Hannah (Dusty) Schlund, and Blaze Jensen; great-great-grandchildren Lila and Hudson Schlund; sister Shawnee (Kurt) Nash; and many nieces and nephews. Karen was preceded in death by husband Milt Jensen, son Kim Jensen, daughter Teri Jensen, grandson Austin Jensen, brothers Lloyd and Howard Hammond, and sisters Billie Gunther and Jennie Conder.
A visitation will be held from 10 to 10:45 a.m., with funeral at 11 a.m., at Tate Mortuary in Tooele, Utah, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. Interment at Tooele City Cemetery.