LaRee Adams Jensen
1934 - 2017
Early Life: LaRee was born June 13, 1934, in Moab, Utah, to Joseph William Adams and Dora Black Adams. She was born premature and weighed only 3½ pounds. Her father could hold her in the palm of his hand. She grew up in Monticello, Utah, attending grade school and high school there, where she was active and involved.
Life’s Work | Service | Interests: Following her graduation from high school in 1952, she attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, a two-year girls school. She then attended Brigham Young University, where she graduated in 1956. She obtained a position teaching third grade at Geneva Elementary School. In the spring of 1957, she met her eternal companion, Steven Jensen, of Gridley, California. They made their home in Gridley, where they lived for thirty-seven years and raised their family. LaRee taught elementary school for 32 years. She has been very active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in her ward and stake, serving as Young Women president, as stake Primary president and as ward Relief Society president, along with many teaching callings. Three children were born to LaRee and Steven: Bradley (Kathleen), Robert (Tenney), and Wendy (Michael Shanks). She and Steven have nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren. When her husband was called as mission president of the Ireland Dublin LDS Mission, she served faithfully with him there and was a great friend to all the missionaries. The missionaries loved her. Upon their return from Ireland, they settled in Orem, Utah. LaRee Adams Jensen passed from this life October 25, 2017.
Survived By: Her husband, children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and three brothers.
Preceded In Death By: Her parents and two sisters.
Services: LDS Chapel | Orem, Utah
Arranged By: Utah Valley Mortuary
Burial: Orem City Cemetery
Original Obituary Published By:
© Utah Valley Mortuary | October 2017
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1934 - 2017
Early Life: LaRee was born June 13, 1934, in Moab, Utah, to Joseph William Adams and Dora Black Adams. She was born premature and weighed only 3½ pounds. Her father could hold her in the palm of his hand. She grew up in Monticello, Utah, attending grade school and high school there, where she was active and involved.
Life’s Work | Service | Interests: Following her graduation from high school in 1952, she attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, a two-year girls school. She then attended Brigham Young University, where she graduated in 1956. She obtained a position teaching third grade at Geneva Elementary School. In the spring of 1957, she met her eternal companion, Steven Jensen, of Gridley, California. They made their home in Gridley, where they lived for thirty-seven years and raised their family. LaRee taught elementary school for 32 years. She has been very active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in her ward and stake, serving as Young Women president, as stake Primary president and as ward Relief Society president, along with many teaching callings. Three children were born to LaRee and Steven: Bradley (Kathleen), Robert (Tenney), and Wendy (Michael Shanks). She and Steven have nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren. When her husband was called as mission president of the Ireland Dublin LDS Mission, she served faithfully with him there and was a great friend to all the missionaries. The missionaries loved her. Upon their return from Ireland, they settled in Orem, Utah. LaRee Adams Jensen passed from this life October 25, 2017.
Survived By: Her husband, children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and three brothers.
Preceded In Death By: Her parents and two sisters.
Services: LDS Chapel | Orem, Utah
Arranged By: Utah Valley Mortuary
Burial: Orem City Cemetery
Original Obituary Published By:
© Utah Valley Mortuary | October 2017
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
LaRee Adams Jensen
1934 - 2017
Early Life: LaRee was born June 13, 1934, in Moab, Utah, to Joseph William Adams and Dora Black Adams. She was born premature and weighed only 3½ pounds. Her father could hold her in the palm of his hand. She grew up in Monticello, Utah, attending grade school and high school there, where she was active and involved.
Life’s Work | Service | Interests: Following her graduation from high school in 1952, she attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, a two-year girls school. She then attended Brigham Young University, where she graduated in 1956. She obtained a position teaching third grade at Geneva Elementary School. In the spring of 1957, she met her eternal companion, Steven Jensen, of Gridley, California. They made their home in Gridley, where they lived for thirty-seven years and raised their family. LaRee taught elementary school for 32 years. She has been very active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in her ward and stake, serving as Young Women president, as stake Primary president and as ward Relief Society president, along with many teaching callings. Three children were born to LaRee and Steven: Bradley (Kathleen), Robert (Tenney), and Wendy (Michael Shanks). She and Steven have nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren. When her husband was called as mission president of the Ireland Dublin LDS Mission, she served faithfully with him there and was a great friend to all the missionaries. The missionaries loved her. Upon their return from Ireland, they settled in Orem, Utah. LaRee Adams Jensen passed from this life October 25, 2017.
Survived By: Her husband, children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and three brothers.
Preceded In Death By: Her parents and two sisters.
Services: LDS Chapel | Orem, Utah
Arranged By: Utah Valley Mortuary
Burial: Orem City Cemetery
Original Obituary Published By:
© Utah Valley Mortuary | October 2017
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
1934 - 2017
Early Life: LaRee was born June 13, 1934, in Moab, Utah, to Joseph William Adams and Dora Black Adams. She was born premature and weighed only 3½ pounds. Her father could hold her in the palm of his hand. She grew up in Monticello, Utah, attending grade school and high school there, where she was active and involved.
Life’s Work | Service | Interests: Following her graduation from high school in 1952, she attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, a two-year girls school. She then attended Brigham Young University, where she graduated in 1956. She obtained a position teaching third grade at Geneva Elementary School. In the spring of 1957, she met her eternal companion, Steven Jensen, of Gridley, California. They made their home in Gridley, where they lived for thirty-seven years and raised their family. LaRee taught elementary school for 32 years. She has been very active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in her ward and stake, serving as Young Women president, as stake Primary president and as ward Relief Society president, along with many teaching callings. Three children were born to LaRee and Steven: Bradley (Kathleen), Robert (Tenney), and Wendy (Michael Shanks). She and Steven have nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren. When her husband was called as mission president of the Ireland Dublin LDS Mission, she served faithfully with him there and was a great friend to all the missionaries. The missionaries loved her. Upon their return from Ireland, they settled in Orem, Utah. LaRee Adams Jensen passed from this life October 25, 2017.
Survived By: Her husband, children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and three brothers.
Preceded In Death By: Her parents and two sisters.
Services: LDS Chapel | Orem, Utah
Arranged By: Utah Valley Mortuary
Burial: Orem City Cemetery
Original Obituary Published By:
© Utah Valley Mortuary | October 2017
Bio compiled by: Annie Duckett Hundley
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