Jens grew up in Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School Class of 1974. He served in the United States Army. For 10 years Jens was with the Vernon County Sheriff’s Department obtaining the rank of Chief Deputy. He then worked at 3M Nevada for 23 years, and also worked for an additional 16 years at the Nevada Police Department where he retired as Detective on September 29, 2017. Jens was a lifetime member of the National Rifleman’s Association, a Charter Member of Missouri Deputies Association, and a member of the Patriot Guard.
In addition to his wife Sheila he is survived by two daughters, Nichole Barclay, Nevada, Melissa Watson, Nevada; eight grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; three sisters, Karen Reits and her husband Terry, Round Rock, TX, Janet Campbell and her husband Wes, Springfield, MO, and Linda Fifer and her husband Tom, Ft. Wayne, IN. He was preceded in death by his parents; two daughters, Beth Watson, and Shelly Watkins; and an infant sister, Jennifer.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 17, 2018 at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada. Interment will follow in Moore Cemetery, Nevada. The family will receive friends from 5-7:00 p.m. on Friday evening at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested in his memory to the American Cancer Society in c/o Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada.
