Jens Junior Nielsen

The son of a Danish immigrant Jens headed for greener pastures (to see if the grass is really greener on the other side) on May 24, 2022 at the age of 87.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 P.M. at Jacobsen Greenway Dietz Funeral Home in St. Paul on Saturday, May 28, 2022.

A Community Celebration of his life will be at 4pm on Sunday, May 29th at the Wolbach Community Center.  In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the family for later designation. A Private Family Inurnment will be in the Hillside Cemetery in Wolbach, Nebraska.

Jens was born on March 22, 1935 to Bertha Cassel and Jens L Nielsen. Jens was born at home on the Howard County homestead north of Cushing, NE the 12th of 13 children. He attended a rural grade school and graduated from Cushing High School in 1952—1 of 4 students to graduate that year.

The dry years of the 1950’s discouraged him from farming so he enlisted in the Air Force in 1955.  After basic training in Texas he was shipped to Portland, Oregon where  received training in computer sciences which turned into a successful 45 year career.

He met his first wife, H. Junell Rice in Portland, Oregon where they were married and lived for 16 years and then moved to Colorado for 22 years. Jens moved to Arkansas in 1989 after Junell’s death for a new job.

He was married to Susan Rothwell Johnson in Arkansas in 1998.

Jens was an avid golfer and loved to read, watch old movies-especially westerns. Big band dancing, tractors, gardening, and playing cards were some of his favorite pastimes.

He is survived by his wife, Susan of St. Paul; daughter and son-in-law, Gaynell and Nick Belloni of Arkansas; granddaughter, Jasmine Belloni of Arkansas; and brother, Paul Nielsen of Wolbach.

He was preceded in death by his parents; 6 sisters, Martha Bahensky, Edna Gay, Elsie Wondercheck, Esther Swanson, Evelyn Leeper and Elnora Cook; and 2 of brothers, Carl Nielsen and Bert Nielsen.