In Memoriam

De Ane Cooper Jensen
[May 16, 1938 - February 24, 2007]

De Ane Cooper Jensen, 68, died peacefully at her home in Antioch, CA on February 24, 2007.

She is predeceased by her son, Todd Moroni Jensen, and is survived by three sons, Creyton Bryant Jensen (Dianne Hook), Wanship, UT, Steven Cooper Jensen (Gabrielle Savage), Steamboat Springs, CO, Darin Mikail Jensen (Dan Kane), Oakland, CA, and one daughter, Andrea Phillippe (Kate Fitzgerald), Oakland, CA, and their father Bryant Jensen, Salt lake City, UT.

She is lovingly survived by her grandchildren Clairissa Ann Jensen, Layton, UT, Kaci Lyn, Ashlee and Kelsey Erin Jensen, Parker, CO and Nicholas Phillippe, Holland, MI.

She is predeceased by her mother, Melva Johnson Cooper and is survived by her father Andrew H. Cooper, Orem, UT and three siblings Elaine Farrer (Mark Farrer), Orem UT, Coleen Woodhouse (Ken Woodhouse), Martinez, CA and Jack Cooper, Mapleton, UT, best friends Elvin and Susan Hill, Antioch, CA as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and a very large and loving extended family reaching far beyond her bloodlines.

De Ane was born in Sandy, UT. May 16, 1938, to Andrew H. and Melva Johnson Cooper, and was raised in Orem, UT.  Her family was raised in San Juan County, UT and Davis County, UT.  She moved to Contra Costa County, CA in 1983 where she lived out her life as an independent woman.  De Ane was beloved for her kindness, loyalty and friendship.  She was always available with words of encouragement and sage advice.  De Ane's beauty, intelligence, insights, wit, and charm made her the consummate raconteur.  She was an accomplished oil painter, avid gardener, and a passionate beachgoer.  De Ane's greatest love was for her parents, her children and grandchildren, in whom she held much pride.

A funeral service will be held Saturday, March 3, 2007, at 1:00 pm at the Sharon 2nd Ward (641 S. 400 E., Orem, UT with arrangements by Walker Sanderson Funeral Home, 646 East 800 North, Orem, UT. and interment to follow immediately at the Orem Cemetery where she will be laid to rest next to her beloved son Todd.