Leitha Jensen

Leitha M. Jensen, 90, of Anita, Iowa, passed away Tuesday evening, January 2, 2007, at Colonial Manor in Anita.
Leitha M. Dorsey was born on May 21, 1916, in Cass County, Iowa, the daughter of Lesile (L.L) and Ola (Heath) Dorsey.
On August 29, 1936, she was married to Elmer Jensen in Shenandoah, Iowa. Leitha lived in Anita all of her life. She and Elmer lived on the farm until moving to town in March of 1953.
She worked in the school cafeteria as a cook for the Anita School Systems and also had various cleaning jobs, including the Anita Post Office.
Leitha was a member of the Anita United Methodist Church for over 50 years and was a member of the United Methodist Women. She was also a member of the WW Club and was a Pythian Sister.
She loved to sew and garden. Leitha was known to have her homemade cookies in her cookie jar whenever the grandkids would visit. She also was an award winning apple pie maker. Leitha's greatest passions were her kids and grandkids.
Surviving Leitha are her daughters, Naomi Hackwell and her husband, Gene of Anita, Iowa, Darlene Petersen and her husband, Kendall of Mason City, Iowa, and Phyllis Rodgers and her husband, Bob, also of Mason City, Iowa; 8 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; sister, Mary Jane Wengert and her husband Bill of Berwick, Iowa; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her husband; her parents; brothers, Claude, Lesile, Donald, Raymond and Wilbur Dorsey and Paul and Roy Power; sisters, Helen Layton, Leitha's twin sister, Neitha Littlefield, Lois Barber, twin sisters, Dortha Ireland and Doris Lonoski and Harriet Baylor; and great-grandson, Cpl. Brian Zimmerline.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 6, 2007, at the United Methodist Church in Anita, with The Reverend Annette K. Ruhs Kruse officiating.
Visitation will be Friday, Jan. 5, from 3:00 - 7:00 p.m., with the family present from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., at the Hockenberry Funeral Home in Anita.
Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Anita.
Memorials can be made to the United Methodist Church in Anita.
Hockenberry Funeral Home in Anita, Iowa, is in charge of the arrangements.