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Joy Ankenbauer • 1926 - 2010 Joy Marion Jensen was born June 17, 1926, a daughter of Nels C.”Christ” and Alice A. (Hendrickson) Jensen, on the family farm located in Crawfoot Township of Mountrail County, west of Coulee, ND. She was raised on the family farm and educated at a country school in the area. Joy married Berlin “Bill” Ankenbauer April 7, 1948, in Kenmare. They made their home on a farm located in Spencer and Elmdale Townships of Ward County, west of Kenmare. Bill passed away June 26, 2002. In October of 2002, she moved into Kenmare and in 2005, moved into the Kenmare Baptist Home. In February of 2009, she moved into the Kenmare Skilled Nursing Unit. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, and the ladies aid group, as well as the Village Neighbors Homemakers Club, all of Kenmare. Her loving family includes: daughter and son-in-law, Holly and Jon Westlake, Kenmare; son and daughter-in-law, Kim and Brenda Ankenbauer, Washburn; grandchildren, Kristen (Dr. J’Patrick) Fahn, Bismarck, Danielle (Kirk) Hotvedt, East Grand Forks, MN, Torie (Damien) Reinhart, Bismarck, Tera Ankenbauer, Bismarck, and Candace Ankenbauer, Washburn; great-grandchildren, Eden Reinhart and J’Ayda Fahn; sister, Delores (Robert) Vivian, Butte, MT; and numerous nieces, and nephews. Joy was preceded in death by her parents, Nels “Christ” and Alice Jensen; husband, Bill; daughter, Jolene Ankenbauer; brother, Chester (Dorothy) Grenvik; sisters, Elsie (Robert) Gregory, Alvina (Leonard) Parkinson, and Selma (Leonard) Tenderholt. Funeral: Saturday, December 11, 2010, at 1:00 p.m. at Nazareth Lutheran Church, Kenmare.
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Joy Ankenbauer, 84, Kenmare, ND, died Tuesday, December 7, 2010, in a Kenmare hospital.