Eloise “Tootie” E. Jensen, 91, of Sparta died Monday, March 31, 2008 at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, La Crosse. She was born on October 26, 1916 in the Town of New Lyme, Monroe County, WI to Edward and Myrtle (Chambers) Bodette.  She grew up in the New Lyme area and attended school in New Lyme and also attended various other schools in Monroe County.

     She married Kermit Jensen on October 20, 1934.  They farmed in the Town of Grant and then in 1947 they moved to a farm in the Town of Little Falls.  Eloise drove school bus for 29 years.

     She was a member of the Cataract United Methodist Church.

     She is survived by her children, Gerald (Linda) Jensen of La Crosse,  Donald (Valetta) Jensen of Oswego, IL, and Sue Ann (James) Tracy of Onalaska; 6 grandchildren, Tracy (David) Raatz of Whiting, WI, Adam Jensen of La Crosse, Robin (David) Olson of Janesville, WI, Douglas (Cecelia) Jensen of Plainfield, IL, Garrett Tracy of Onalaska; and Ryan (Selina) Tracy of Stoughton, WI; 6 great grandchildren, Michael and Natasha, Jacob, Jackson, Damion, and Lane; her uncle, Clifford Chambers of Mt. Ida, AR; a brother, Douglas Bodette of Texas; a sister, Charlotte Stacy of Florida.

     She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Kermit on March 20, 1991; a brother, Edward and an infant brother.

     Funeral services will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Cataract United Methodist Church, Cataract with Reverend Benito Agtarap officiating.  Burial will be in the Cataract Cemetery, Cataract.

     Friends may call at the Lanham-Miller Funeral Home, Sparta on Wednesday from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. and at the church on Thursday from 10 a.m. until time of services. 

     The Lanham-Miller Funeral Home, Sparta is assisting the family with funeral arrangements.