Jeffrey
Jeffrey Jensen
d. January 28, 2011
Jeffrey Wade Jensen, 59, of Florence, Kentucky, died Friday, January 28, 2011 at St. Elizabeth Hospice, Edgewood.
Jeff was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He was a 1969 graduate of Garfield High School in Terre Haute, Indiana. A Vietnam-era Army veteran, Jeff served two years in Germany.
He was a key player in the establishment of Expediters Online, a website for and about expediters, for which he served as a web journalist and a satellite radio broadcaster. He will be nominated as the first inductee into the Expediters’ Hall of Fame.
In earlier years, Jeff was a professional musician, playing drums with the Touchtones and other area bands.
He also worked as an expediter and a retail salesman.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara Wilhelm Jensen; two daughters, Megan Jensen of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Keri Jensen of Cincinnati; parents, Jim and Eileen Guy Jensen of Bradenton, Florida; and three sisters, Jodi Jensen (Jan Strohl) of Indianapolis, Indiana, Jill (Dennis) Sholl of Jamestown, North Carolina and Jerilyn (Tom) Dougherty of Liberty Township, Ohio.
Memorials are suggested to the American Diabetes Association, 644 Linn Street, Ste 304, Cincinnati OH 45203; St. Elizabeth Hospice, 483 South Loop Road, Edgewood, KY 41017; or Trinity Presbyterian Church, 7804 Pleasant Valley Road, Florence, KY 41042.
Jeff was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He was a 1969 graduate of Garfield High School in Terre Haute, Indiana. A Vietnam-era Army veteran, Jeff served two years in Germany.
He was a key player in the establishment of Expediters Online, a website for and about expediters, for which he served as a web journalist and a satellite radio broadcaster. He will be nominated as the first inductee into the Expediters’ Hall of Fame.
In earlier years, Jeff was a professional musician, playing drums with the Touchtones and other area bands.
He also worked as an expediter and a retail salesman.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara Wilhelm Jensen; two daughters, Megan Jensen of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Keri Jensen of Cincinnati; parents, Jim and Eileen Guy Jensen of Bradenton, Florida; and three sisters, Jodi Jensen (Jan Strohl) of Indianapolis, Indiana, Jill (Dennis) Sholl of Jamestown, North Carolina and Jerilyn (Tom) Dougherty of Liberty Township, Ohio.
Memorials are suggested to the American Diabetes Association, 644 Linn Street, Ste 304, Cincinnati OH 45203; St. Elizabeth Hospice, 483 South Loop Road, Edgewood, KY 41017; or Trinity Presbyterian Church, 7804 Pleasant Valley Road, Florence, KY 41042.
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