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MAUREEN SUSAN JENSEN
Born: Feb 17, 1962
Date of Passing: Mar 14, 2020
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MAUREEN SUSAN JENSEN
February 17, 1962 - March 14, 2020
Born on February 17, 1962, in her early life Maureen danced in the Royal Winnipeg Ballet pre-professional ballet program. She later earned a Masters degree in social work, winning a prize for her University of Manitoba thesis on the treatment of sexual abuse in the courts.
Early in her professional career, Maureen was a social worker at Macdonald Youth Services in Winnipeg, at the St. Norbert Foundation and at Stony Mountain Institution. Later, Maureen worked for Autism Calgary and Autism Alberta and was instrumental in launching an employment initiative for adults with autism, now replicated Canada wide. She also established her own consulting firm, Counselling Care, to support families dealing with autism. Maureen brought dignity, meaning and value to the lives of vulnerable people.
But Maureen's pride and joy, her greatest accomplishment in life, was bringing two fine sons, Owen and Aidan Fitzpatrick, into the world and raising them to be strong, honest and caring men. She will be deeply missed by her sons, her mother Nancy Jensen, her two sisters, Patricia Jensen (Don McRae) and Karen Jensen (David Large), and her brother Paul Jensen. She was predeceased by her beloved father Torben Jensen.
Donations, in lieu of flowers, may be made to the Autism Calgary Association at: autismcalgary.com/donate/
Funeral services for Maureen will be held at a later date.
Messages of condolence may be forwarded to the family at www.piersons.ca
As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Mar 21, 2020
Condolences & Memories (3 entries)
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Karen and family, My sincere condolences at this difficult time. It was a privilege knowing your family in Winnipeg, and your home was always a welcome place. - Posted by: Sandra (Haywood) Fox (Friend) on: Apr 11, 2020
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My sincere sympathies to Maureens family. Her father Torben spent many holidays at our farm in Ostenfeld helping to put up hay. Kai Winther an old old friendof the Jensen family. 102 years old. - Posted by: Kai Winther (Distant cousin) on: Apr 02, 2020
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Saddened to hear of Maureen’s passing. We met during her time at BHF. My condolences to her family. - Posted by: Cecil Anderson (Friend) on: Mar 21, 2020