John Robert JEHNSEN b. 3 Dec 1947 d. 15 Nov 1971 Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA: Our Ancestors and Cousins

1947 - 1971 (23 years)

Name	John Robert JEHNSEN
Born	3 Dec 1947 [1]
Gender	Male
Died	15 Nov 1971	Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA [1, 2]
Buried	Olive Cemetery, Wakarusa, Elkhart County, Indiana, USA [3]
Notes	Double Tragedy Strikes Lebanon Family Monday A double tragedy occurred Monday in the John F. Brightbill family of Lebanon. The grandson of the elder Brightbill, who died at 9:30 a.m. enroute to the Hershey Medical Center, was killed in a head-on collision at 8 a.m. in Elkhart, Ind. John R. Jehnsen, 23, and his wife Martha Jehnsen were involved in the accident about 20 minutes after leaving on a trip to Detroit, Mich., where Mrs. Jehnsen was to receive treatment for an injured hand. Jehnsen died immediately and his wife is in critical condition in the Elkhart Hospital. The couple had left their 1-year old son, Travis Paul, at the home of Jehnsen's sister, Mrs. Marie Tom in Leesburg, Ind. earlier in the morning. Jehnsen was employed in Napanee, Ind., with the Holiday Rambler Trailer Co. He was the son of the Rev. and Mrs. Ernest R. Jehnsen of Wakarusa, Ind.His mother was the former Kathryn R. Brightbill. Other survivors are his brothers, David Jehnsen and Ernest Jehnsen Jr., and his grandmother, Mrs. Anna Strohman Brightbill, 429 S. Bollman St., Lebanon. Brightbill never knew of his grandson's death. Both funerals will be held Thursday. [Lebanon Daily News (PA) - November 16, 1971 - Page 1, Column 4]
Person ID	I30738	Our Ancestors
Last Modified	29 Sep 2019

Father	Ernest Richard JEHNSEN, b. 14 Jan 1920, Big Rapids, Mecosta County, Michigan, USA , d. 26 Jan 1995, Ligonier, Noble County, Indiana, USA (Age 75 years)
Mother	Kathryn E BRIGHTBILL, b. 27 Feb 1922, d. 8 Dec 2007, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, Indiana, USA (Age 85 years)
Married	30 May 1942	Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA [4]
Family ID	F6839	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

[S563] Social Security Death Index, (On-line Database, Social Security Death Index, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, UT, 2009, (www.ancestry.com)), SS#: 524-64-5273, Issued: CO (1963).
[S337] Newspaper, (Digital images. Newspaper Archives, (http://newspaperarchive.com/)), Lebanon Daily News (IN) - November 16, 1971 - Page 1, Column 4.
[S1018] Olive Cemetery, (On-Line Database, Olive Cemetery, Wakarusa, Elkhart, IN, Find-a-Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com)), Cemetery Transcription.
[S1463] Newspaper, (On-line Database, GenealogyBank, NewsBank, Inc., (http://www.genealogybank.com/)), The Goshen News (IN) - December 10, 2007.

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