Victor R. Jensen

Victor “Vic” Richard Jensen, 86, passed away following heart surgery on April 7, 2015. Victor was born Nov. 11, 1928, in Salt Lake City. He was the eighth child of Thomas and Annie Jensen of Salt Lake City. He married Elaine Fergus on Nov. 24, 1928, when they started a lifelong honey- moon.
Victor graduated from Mount Pleasant High School and Utah State University. He was an educator and administrator in the Franklin and Cache County school districts. Victor was a life- long fan of athletics and officiated many high school football, basketball and baseball games. He loved organizing events, and he served as a director of both high school and church ath- letics.
Victor and Elaine raised their nine children in Frank- lin, Wellsville and Smithfield, Utah. After retirement, they worked in Saint George, Utah, and Breckenridge, Colorado, before serving an LDS Educational Mission in Brownsville, Texas. They returned to Cache Valley, where Victor served as a counselor in a ward bish- opric and completed a term as mayor of River Heights. He was an officiator in the Logan Temple.
He was also a member of the River Heights Lions Club and active in county politics.
Victor is survived by two brothers: Dr. Alvin Jensen (Philadelphia), and Joseph Jensen (Draper); his wife, Elaine (Hyde Park), and eight children: Richard (Tremonton) Vicki and Kerry (Logan), Jerry (Ocean Shores, Washington), Joyce Payne (Tooele), Keith (West Valley) Chris (River Heights) and JoAnn Wight (Merid- ian, Idaho). He is preceded in death by one daughter (Merilee, at age 2), one sister (Phyllis Ford) and five brothers: Charles, Thomas, Robert, Lynn and Lambert.
Mr. Jensen is an organ donor.
Funeral services will be at noon Monday, April 13, in the River Heights Stake Center. There will be a view- ing from 6-8 p.m. Sunday at the Allen-Hall Mortuary and at the church from 10-11:30 a.m. Monday. Interment will be in the Logan City Cemetery. Condolences and memories may be shared online at www.allenmortuaries.net .