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Note: [Van Jensen.FTW]
Ken loved all kinds of sports, playing football for BYU and the US Naval
Academy. At Annapolis, he was used by the school for the instruction
manual given to football players. He posed for the photographs of the
various football positions. He was also a football coach in Lovell,
Wyoming. During World War II, he was on the USS Kenneth Whiting as a Naval
officer. They saw action many times, being involved in all of the major
battles. The ship was a seaplane tender. He was aide to the Executive
Officer on the ship. Kenneth was the first Branch President in the Walnut
Creek branch, and the first Bishop of the Walnut Creek Ward. He was
called to the Berkeley High Council, and then Counselor for 9 years in the
Walnut Creek Stake. He was then called as the Stake President, where he
served for another 9 years. Upon release from the Stake Presidency, he
was named a Stake Patriarch. He owned and operated the Lafayette Dime and
Dollar for 25 years, and then was a financial planner until he died. Ken
had heart trouble and cancer, which took his life.
Kenneth arrived on a stormy night during the flu epidemic, he came
before the doctor got there, so his father and Aunt Emma Jensen welcomed
him into the world.
He was a very independent boy and made friends easily but he always wanted his older brother Levar with him. He was not afraid to fight any-
one if Levar was with him.
He was a good student at school and diligent in church activities. He was very active in sports. He won a Peters award in High School.
He graduated in 1937 with a scholarship for basketball and football for the
Brigham Young University. He also played on two different M-Men
basketball and champion teams.
He graduated from Brigham Young University in 1941 and went to Lovell, Wyoming to be a coach at the Lovell City School.
When the war started he joined the Navy. He took his basic training at St. Marys, California, then went overseas where he was stationed until the war ended. He arrived home in time to get his wife and new baby from
the hospital in Lafayette, California on 3 of April, 1944.
His wife, Lecia Elaine had been living at Lafayette with her parents
while he was away.
Kenneth went to work as manager of a five and dime store in Walnut Creek, California which he later bought.
They have both been active in church. He was President of the Branch,
then Bishop of the ward for five years. After that he was a High Priest,
17 March he was made Second Counselor in the Stake Presidency, and in
1961 he was made Stake President of the Walnut Creek Stake.
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Elaine has been Relief Society President and has held many other responsible positions.
Their daughter Marcia, plays the piano. She is very active in church,
school and the community.
Robert Wayne was ordained to the Priesthood and has fulfilled his duties in the ward. He is a good student at school and a good citizen.
P. S. Some of Kenneth's training in the service was at Annapolis, Minnesota.
He went to Japan and China during the war. He was an Ensign.
[Van Jensen.FTW]
Ken loved all kinds of sports, playing football for BYU and the US Naval
Academy. At Annapolis, he was used by the school for the instruction
manual given to football players. He posed for the photographs of the
various football positions. He was also a football coach in Lovell,
Wyoming. During World War II, he was on the USS Kenneth Whiting as a Naval
officer. They saw action many times, being involved in all of the major
battles. The ship was a seaplane tender. He was aide to the Executive
Officer on the ship. Kenneth was the first Branch President in the Walnut
Creek branch, and the first Bishop of the Walnut Creek Ward. He was
called to the Berkeley High Council, and then Counselor for 9 years in the
Walnut Creek Stake. He was then called as the Stake President, where he
served for another 9 years. Upon release from the Stake Presidency, he
was named a Stake Patriarch. He owned and operated the Lafayette Dime and
Dollar for 25 years, and then was a financial planner until he died. Ken
had heart trouble and cancer, which took his life.
[Van Jensen.FTW]
Ken loved all kinds of sports, playing football for BYU and the US Naval
Academy. At Annapolis, he was used by the school for the instruction
manual given to football players. He posed for the photographs of the
various football positions. He was also a football coach in Lovell,
Wyoming. During World War II, he was on the USS Kenneth Whiting as a Naval
officer. They saw action many times, being involved in all of the major
battles. The ship was a seaplane tender. He was aide to the Executive
Officer on the ship. Kenneth was the first Branch President in the Walnut
Creek branch, and the first Bishop of the Walnut Creek Ward. He was
called to the Berkeley High Council, and then Counselor for 9 years in the
Walnut Creek Stake. He was then called as the Stake President, where he
served for another 9 years. Upon release from the Stake Presidency, he
was named a Stake Patriarch. He owned and operated the Lafayette Dime and
Dollar for 25 years, and then was a financial planner until he died. Ken
had heart trouble and cancer, which took his life.
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