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Note: Worth has lived the Word of Wisdom all of his life. Living the
commandments of God was very important for Worth. When he was young, he
had a great love for sports. He was a "natural" athlete. He had the
opportunity to play baseball with the great Babe Ruth in attendance. He
hit a home run after Babe's batting demonstration. He was so impressed
with Worth, that he asked him if he wanted to play professional ball.
Worth told him "No". He also had a love for animals, and many times his
skillful hands removed porcupine quills from dogs.
He was the first missionary sent from Mantua in 20 years. He served in
Alberta, Canada. After he married, he and LaWana served missions in
Chicago, Illinois; Nauvoo, Illinois, and in Washington D. C.
The following is from:
CALL, Joseph Holbrook, Descendants
Author: Lucy I. Osmond
CALL, Joseph Holbrook, Descendants. Lucy I. Osmond. A compilation of family histories from various members of the Call family.
http://www.familytreemaker.com/_glc_/2383/index.html
I was born on the Lewis Ranch three miles from Blackfoot, near the banks of the Blackfoot River.
When I was seven weeks old my brother and two neighbor boys were playing with matches and set the machine shed on fire. Father had rented the
ranch, he had all of the crops harvested but the beets. The potatoes were stacked in one shed, and the hay and straw were stacked right by the
shed (300 tons of hay and that big straw stack). There were several other sheds.
Father was over helping his brother Jarve take out his beets, the fire took everything but the grain, it was in a building not far away.
Father and some neighbors came very quickly, they formed a bucket bri-
gade and saved the grain, but as everything else was gone we had to move
to another home.
We moved into Blackfoot and Father drove the school bus that winter.
In the spring he went to work for Austin Brothers, they had a hay
farm on the Indian Reservation. Mother cooked for the hired men and we
lived in a two-room house. The men ate in a tent.
In September, we moved back to Blackfoot so the older boys could go to school during the winter. I had measles during the winter they would
not break out on me so I was very sick for many days.
The spring of 1923, the summer before I was six, we moved to Brigham
City. One day my sister and I were playing in the yard under a big tree.
She climbed 14 feet to the top of the tree, lost her balance and fell on me
as I was sitting under the tree with my legs crossed. My leg was broken
from the hip to the knee, she broke one of her wrists and sprained the
other. My leg could not be set but the doctor did put a 35 pound weight
on it to pull it back in place. I wore that weight for eleven weeks.
In the fall I started to school at the Central school. I was baptized by Delbert Hansen in the Fifth Ward Church 5 Oct. 1929, confirmed 6 Oct. 1929 by J. Francis Mirrill, ordained a Deacon
17 Dec., 1933 by Bishop Conrad Jeppsen, Teacher, 16 Feb. 1936,
Priest 15 Jan., 1939, all these by Bishop Conrad Jeppsen, Elder 16 Mar.,
1941 by Cleon Lemon, Seventy 18 Nov. 1945 by Dilworth Young.
I graduated from Box Elder High School, I was active in Basketball, baseball in the summer. In the spring of 1942 I signed up to play ball
for the Bees. Just at that time a call came for me to go on a mission.
I decided that meant more to me than to be a good pitcher with a big ball league.
I went through the Temple 27 Mar. 1942 then spent 23 months in Western Canadian Mission. I was called home because my father was
very sick. I was released to come home in Feb. 1944 and five days later
I reported for duty in the Army. At that time the Army would not take me
because of ear trouble.
I went to work at Bushnell hospital. I had worked in Ogden Ordinance
Depot before I went on my mission.
Father improved so much after I came home that we were able to go to Los Angeles to visit with my sister. We went shopping one day and
there is where I met the girl I later married, LaWana Nielsen.
Three months after we were married I joined the Navy. I was stationed
in San Diego. At that time three of my brothers and I were in the service,
three in the Navy and one in the Marines. My brother Orlando or I never did
get out of the states. I was later given an honorable discharge.
I came home and tried to do what I could to help my family. I went back to work at Bushnell and worked there until it was made into a school for the Indian children.
Father got very sick again, we all took our turn helping at home until
the younger children were married. Father died in 1947. Mother needed
us all to give her courage and assistance.
I have held many jobs in the church. I was in the Presidency of the Seventy Quorum for 10 years, Scout leader, teacher in the different organi-
zations. At present 1963, I am doing Temple work, teaching in Sunday
School and Genealogy and working at Hill Field.
We never did have any children so we adopted a boy, and one year later we had the privilege of adopting a little girl. They have helped to make our life happy.
My wife has been very active in church activities. She has helped in all of the organizations. At present she is teaching Cub Scouts, helping
in Relief Society, she belongs to the Sunflower Camp of the Daughters of
the Pioneers, she was camp president for one term and vice captain for
a term. We are very grateful for our family and for the blessings the
Father-in-Heaven has seen fit to give to us. (1962)
Obituary from Box Elder News Journal:
Worth Harding Jensen
BRIGHAM CITY - Worth Harding Jensen, 77, died December 25, 1998, in Mesa, Arizona.
He was born September 3, 1921, in Blackfoot, Idaho, a son of Isaac H. and Martha Call Jensen.
He married LaWana Nielsen on November 24, 1944, in the Logan LDS Temple.
Worth and LaWana had served eight LDS missions together.
He was a Silver Beaver and a Master M-man. He was devoted to scouting and taught the boys good sportsmanship. Worth had served in the Navy and was a lifetime member of the American Legion.
He enjoyed gardening, farming and yard work, dutch oven cooking and the outdoors.
He is survived by his wife, LaWana, two children; Duane N. Jensen of Baldwin Park, CA, JoLynn and Rikk Cramer of Mesa, AZ, seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are two brothers; Orlando and Viola Jensen of Salt Lake City, Robert Stanley and Jill Jensen of Brigham City; two sisters; Verretta and Joe Toland of Pleasanton, CA; Jewel and Ronald Iverson of Royal City, WA.
Funeral Services will be Saturday, Jan 2, at 11 A.M. at the Lakeview Ward, 500 South 200 West, Brigham City. Friends may call Friday 6 to 8 P.M. and Saturday 9:30 to 10:30 A.M. at the Myers Mortuary in Brigham. (No viewing at church)
Interment will be in the Brigham City Cemetery where military honors will be accorded.
[Van Jensen.FTW]
Worth has lived the Word of Wisdom all of his life. Living the
commandments of God was very important for Worth. When he was young, he
had a great love for sports. He was a "natural" athlete. He had the
opportunity to play baseball with the great Babe Ruth in attendance. He
hit a home run after Babe's batting demonstration. He was so impressed
with Worth, that he asked him if he wanted to play professional ball.
Worth told him "No". He also had a love for animals, and many times his
skillful hands removed porcupine quills from dogs.
He was the first missionary sent from Mantua in 20 years. He served in
Alberta, Canada. After he married, he and LaWana served missions in
Chicago, Illinois; Nauvoo, Illinois, and in Washington D. C.
Obituary from Box Elder News Journal:
Worth Harding Jensen
BRIGHAM CITY - Worth Harding Jensen, 77, died December 25, 1998, in Mesa, Arizona.
He was born September 3, 1921, in Blackfoot, Idaho, a son of Isaac H. and Martha Call Jensen.
He married LaWana Nielsen on November 24, 1944, in the Logan LDS Temple.
Worth and LaWana had served eight LDS missions together.
He was a Silver Beaver and a Master M-man. He was devoted to scouting and taught the boys good sportsmanship. Worth had served in the Navy and was a lifetime member of the American Legion.
He enjoyed gardening, farming and yard work, dutch oven cooking and the outdoors.
He is survived by his wife, LaWana, two children; Duane N. Jensen of Baldwin Park, CA, JoLynn and Rikk Cramer of Mesa, AZ, seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are two brothers; Orlando and Viola Jensen of Salt Lake City, Robert Stanley and Jill Jensen of Brigham City; two sisters; Verretta and Joe Toland of Pleasanton, CA; Jewel and Ronald Iverson of Royal City, WA.
Funeral Services will be Saturday, Jan 2, at 11 A.M. at the Lakeview Ward, 500 South 200 West, Brigham City. Friends may call Friday 6 to 8 P.M. and Saturday 9:30 to 10:30 A.M. at the Myers Mortuary in Brigham. (No viewing at church)
Interment will be in the Brigham City Cemetery where military honors will be accorded.
[Van Jensen.FTW]
Worth has lived the Word of Wisdom all of his life. Living the
commandments of God was very important for Worth. When he was young, he
had a great love for sports. He was a "natural" athlete. He had the
opportunity to play baseball with the great Babe Ruth in attendance. He
hit a home run after Babe's batting demonstration. He was so impressed
with Worth, that he asked him if he wanted to play professional ball.
Worth told him "No". He also had a love for animals, and many times his
skillful hands removed porcupine quills from dogs.
He was the first missionary sent from Mantua in 20 years. He served in
Alberta, Canada. After he married, he and LaWana served missions in
Chicago, Illinois; Nauvoo, Illinois, and in Washington D. C.
Obituary from Box Elder News Journal:
Worth Harding Jensen
BRIGHAM CITY - Worth Harding Jensen, 77, died December 25, 1998, in Mesa, Arizona.
He was born September 3, 1921, in Blackfoot, Idaho, a son of Isaac H. and Martha Call Jensen.
He married LaWana Nielsen on November 24, 1944, in the Logan LDS Temple.
Worth and LaWana had served eight LDS missions together.
He was a Silver Beaver and a Master M-man. He was devoted to scouting and taught the boys good sportsmanship. Worth had served in the Navy and was a lifetime member of the American Legion.
He enjoyed gardening, farming and yard work, dutch oven cooking and the outdoors.
He is survived by his wife, LaWana, two children; Duane N. Jensen of Baldwin Park, CA, JoLynn and Rikk Cramer of Mesa, AZ, seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are two brothers; Orlando and Viola Jensen of Salt Lake City, Robert Stanley and Jill Jensen of Brigham City; two sisters; Verretta and Joe Toland of Pleasanton, CA; Jewel and Ronald Iverson of Royal City, WA.
Funeral Services will be Saturday, Jan 2, at 11 A.M. at the Lakeview Ward, 500 South 200 West, Brigham City. Friends may call Friday 6 to 8 P.M. and Saturday 9:30 to 10:30 A.M. at the Myers Mortuary in Brigham. (No viewing at church)
Interment will be in the Brigham City Cemetery where military honors will be accorded.
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