Lois Jennie Christensen Jessen

Lois Jennie Christensen was born August 4th 1934 in Moroni Utah, to Darwin Christensen and Verbena Sudweeks. She loved her childhood in the little town of Moroni. She had two older sisters, Joyce and Wanda.

She felt a very close connection to her Grandpa Christensen who lived just across the street. She would walk across Main Street once or twice a day to just sit and be with him. He would tell her about the beautiful place Denmark, where he had come from. This became one of her deepest wishes to go see this land. Many years later this dream came true.

Lois attended kindergarten where she made a very special friend, LaRue Tidwell, who lived a short distance from her home. She hadn’t met her until school. They became best friends and were inseparable for the next six years. About a week before Junior High School was to begin, her friend LaRue got sick. In a short few days things turned worse and she died from the dreaded polio disease. Lois attended the funeral on the first day they were to go back to school. She said this was the saddest day of her life.

Lois met Edward Clarence Jessen in January of 1952 at a dance at the Old Bungalow. He danced with her, then asked if he could give her a ride home. From that night on they were always together. They married March 6, 1953 in the Manti Temple. This fulfilled a goal that she set for herself when she and her Primary class had attended the temple to do baptisms for the dead. She got to see this beautiful place and wanted to return there to be married, and she did. They were married for 72 years.

They became the proud parents of Vickie ( Cory), Craig (Susan), Randy (Sue), Julie ( Clark), Jim ( Vikki), Patti ( Scott) Brad (Jennifer).

They raised their family in Hunter Utah and then in Spanish Fork Utah.

Later in life, they moved back to the family farm in Mt. Pleasant. With much hard work it became their beautiful home. They loved when they were called to serve as ordinance workers at the Manti Temple and enjoyed serving there.

She loved her garden and her flowers. She would eat the produce from the garden and always enjoyed her tomato sandwiches.

She spent endless hours doing Temple and Family History work. She learned to love her ancestors and do their temple work for them.

She is preceded in death by her parents, sisters, Joyce and Wanda, a son in law, Clark Taylor and three great grandchildren.

Lois Jennie Christensen Jessen lived with love and gratitude each and every day to the very end. She loved her Heavenly Father, and her Savior Jesus Christ. She loved The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. And she loved each and every member of her family with all her heart.

Funeral services were held October 28, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. in the Mt. Pleasant North Stake Center (461 N. 300 W.) with a viewing from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. prior to services at the church. Interment in the Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery. Online condolences at rasmussenmortuary.com

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