Janet Jennissen

Janet Mary Jennissen, age 82 of Sauk Centre, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on October 22, 2025 at her home in Sauk Centre, Minnesota.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, October 28 at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Sauk Centre with Rev. Mark Botzet officiating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday and from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Tuesday both days at St. Paul’s Catholic Church.

Janet Mary (Arens) Jennissen was born September 19, 1943 in Melrose, Minnesota to Joseph and Mary (Asfeld) Arens. She grew up on a farm north of Padua and was a member of the St. Anthony of Padua Church. She attended Padua Country School till 7th grade, then went to Sauk Centre Public School and graduated in 1961. She worked for Muellner Van Beck Hardware Store as a bookkeeper and then at First State Bank as a bookkeeper and later a teller, which she loved. Her last job was at Beuning Ag Service in Sauk Centre as a bookkeeper/fertilizer tech for over 25 years. She enjoyed people and made many new friends. Janet was united in marriage with Clifford Jennissen on April 27, 1963 at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Sauk Centre. The couple purchased their own farm in 1970 and made it their home for many years.

Janet was a member of St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Sauk Centre. She enjoyed playing cards, especially with her grandchildren and great grandchild, bowling, visiting with friends and family, the outdoors, and having family holidays and gatherings.

Survivors include her children, Diane Ironi (Tod Zeimer) of Montana, Debra (Anthony) Vorderbruggen of Colorado, Denise (Charles) Kortan of Sauk Centre, Donald (Kary) Jennissen of Sauk Centre, and Darcy (Phil) Pfeffer of Grey Eagle; grandchildren, Kayla (William) Counter, Tracy (Nicholas) Wanderscheid, Jacob (Paige) Jennissen, Tory Jennissen, and Ashley (Phil) Brinegar; step-grandchildren, Tasha (Evan) Lenz and James (Anusha) Vorderbruggen; great-grandchildren, Logan, Leela, Quinn, and Teddy; sisters, Kathy Nelson and Ruth Ann Zastrow; and sisters-in-law, Doris Arens and Dorothy Duevel.

Janet was preceded in death by her husband, Clifford, who passed away November 20, 2018; her parents; siblings and their spouses, Lucille (Jerome “Bud”) Minette, Clarence (Dorreen) Arens, and Wilfred Arens; and brothers-in-law, Palmer Nelson, Ronald Meyer, and Ed Zastrow.