Maynard Duane Jensen was born May 2, 1932 at Egan, SD to Robert W. and Doris I. (Fulton) Jensen. He attended country school near Egan and Hartford High School at Hartford. After high school, he began farming with his father and brother. On September 5, 1953, Maynard was united in marriage to Marcella Wiese at Sioux Falls. To this union two daughters were born Kae and Kim. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1954. In I956 he was discharged and returned to the farm and served in the Army Reserves until 1961. In 1960, Maynard, Marcella and their family moved to Chamberlain to ranch. Maynard attended Western College of Auctioneering in Billings, MT graduating in 1965. In 1971 Maynard began work full time as an Auctioneer. He began auctioneering at the Chamberlain Livestock Auction and also in Pierre and Kimball. He auctioneered the first cattle sale at the Sioux Falls Stockyards in 1973.
Maynard quit auctioneering at the stockyards and began working in real estate under Burton Anderson while getting his real estate license. He received his Broker License in 1971 at which time he opened Jensen Auction and Realty. Later, he took on partner Ed Houska in the business forming Jensen-Houska Auction and Realty. He retired from the real estate business around 2010 but continued to do auctions as this was his childhood dream and he was proud to be an auctioneer.
Maynard was especially proud of his family and loved to have his children and grandchildren come visit.
Maynard enjoyed hunting, collecting tractors, woodworking, reading, and watching western TV shows and movies. He was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church and also served a term as church treasurer. He was a member of the American Legion and the Winner Elks Club
Maynard passed away on April 6, 2015 at Sanford Medical Center in Chamberlain at the age of 82 years. Gratefully sharing his life are his wife Marcella of Chamberlain; two daughters Kae Peterson of Seattle, WA and Kim (Clint) Vanneman of Ideal, SD; five grandchildren Kimberly Peterson, Ambur (Mike) Hinrichs, Wayne Peterson, Ashley (Cody) Kartak, Justin (Tasha Hauf) Vanneman; two great grandchildren Claire and Emma Hinrichs. Preceding him in death were his parents, his brother Bob Jensen, and sister-in-law Gloria Miller.
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