Anna Christine Brandt Jensen was born February 22, 1897, at Sutton, Nebraska. She was the second of six children of Mathias C. Brandt and Anna Christine Rasmussen Brandt. The children's names were Hans, Anna, William, Thyra, Harry and Mabel. When Anna was around 5 years old, the family moved to Kenmare, North Dakota, where Anna received her eight years of formal education.

After ten years, the family moved back to Nebraska. They lived temporarily with the John Brandt family in Fremont, Nebraska, until they could establish a new home near Ruskin, where Anna lived until she married. Anna was confirmed in the Lutheran faith on March 5, 1911.

On April 4, 1917, Anna married Andrew Jensen of Superior, Nebraska. They settled on a farm near Superior, where their two children were born, a son, Vern, and a daughter, Gladys.

It was on this farm in the spring of 1926 that Andrew was critically injured in a farm accident, from which he died one week later. At this terrible time in her life, Anna did as she had always done (and would always do), she turned to her Lord for help and strength. She worked her farm and raised her children all by herself. It is a testament to the courage, dignity, and strength of Anna that she successfully operated her farm for the next ten years and saw to it that her children were educated.

It was only after the long, hard, and dry years of the depression that Anna moved to California with Gladys, later joined by Vern, to begin anew. As she had always done, Anna worked to support herself and her family. One of her most interesting jobs was a three year stint as a housekeeper where she became acquainted with the actor Ralph Bellamy, who thought very highly of her. Later, Anna worked for many years as a seamstress in a garment factory until she retired at the age of 70.

Anna always kept herself busy with church, friends, and family. She loved to work in her garden, and her garden was a thing of beauty. Her door and her heart were always open to all who knocked, yet she remained an intensely private person. However if you were her friend, her loyalty knew no bounds.

On March 4, 1989, Anna became very ill with congestive heart failure. On Sunday morning, March 5, 1989, at the age of 92 years and 15 days, and exactly 78 years to the day after her confirmation, Anna Christine Brandt Jensen went to be with her Lord.

Anna taught her children, her grandchildren, and her great grandchildren to meet the trials of life with dignity and courage and faith in God. She didn't just take about her faith in God...she lived it; and she taught others by her example.

To those who loved her, she will be sorely missed. But we thank God that He let us have her for 92 years; and we take comfort in the knowledge that she is happy to be with her Lord.

Funeral services were held Sunday, March 12, 1989, at 2:00 p.m. from the Bethany Lutheran Church in Ruskin, Nebraska, with Pastor John Plowman officiating. Music was provided by Hartley Petersen, soloist, singing "The Old Rugged Cross" with congregational hymns of "In The Garden" and "Abide With Me" with Hildegarde Hansen as organist and accompanist. Casketbearers were George Jensen, Donald Brandt, Lester Brandt, Dewane Houtwed, Edward Schoof and Leslie Brandt. Burial was in the Spring Creek Cemetery near Ruskin. Megrue-Price Funeral Home of Superior, Nebraska, was in charge of the arrangements.

The Nelson Gazette (Nelson, NE), Thursday, March 16, 1989; pg. 9