Beverly Jean Ruliffson Jensen, BHS 1971Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Beverly Jean Ruliffson Jensen, 56, of Green River died Sep. 18, 2010, after a brief but courageous battle with melanoma cancer.
She was born Oct. 16, 1952, in Glendale, Calif., the daughter of Donald Wilson Ruliffson and Carolyn S. Ruliffson.She attended schools in Burbank Calif., and graduated from Burbank High School with the class of 1971.She married Paul Howard Jensen on Feb. 2, 1974, in Burbank and lived in San Diego while her husband served in the U.S. Navy. Their marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on Aug. 14, 1976.
After her husband was discharged from the military, they moved to Utah and then made their home in Green River in 1986. They were later divorced in 2002. She was the proud and loving mother of five children.
She was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints where she served in the Relief Society and held various other leadership positions in the church. She was well known for her service in the Boy Scouts of America. Her greatest years were spent as a homemaker and mother to her five children.
Jensen’s support, charisma, love and example were a primary inspiration for her three sons to each earn their Eagle Scout awards, serve honorable full-time missions for the LDS Church and earn college degrees. She also instilled her example of lifelong love and service to her daughter, who stays home and cares for her own children and serves diligently in her Church. Jensen’s children were her life; she was always proud of their accomplishments and was always willing to talk about them.
She is survived by her children, Paul Jensen Jr. and wife Melanie of Denver, Nathan D. Jensen and wife Amy of St. Anthony, Idaho, Christine Smith and husband Brock of Green River, Brian Jensen and wife Heather of Rexburg, Idaho; sister Carroll Halliday of Arizona; five grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and her first daughter Anne.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Green River LDS Stake Center, 120 Shoshone Ave., Green River, where friends may call from 6-8 p.m. Friday and one hour prior to services on Saturday at the church. Interment will take place in the Riverview Cemetery, Green River.
Friends may leave condolences for the family at http://www.foxfh.com/.
Oh Mom, how I miss you! It is weird to see both yours and your dad's obituaries on the same school website. Thank you to whomever posted them both.
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