Maureen Susan Jensen

Tragically at the age of 58, Maureen Jensen passed away in her home in Calgary on March 14, 2020. Born on February 17, 1962, in her early life Maureen danced in the Royal Winnipeg Ballet pre-professional ballet program. She later earned a Masters degree in social work, winning a prize for her University of Manitoba thesis on the treatment of sexual abuse in the courts.

Early in her professional career, Maureen was a social worker at Macdonald Youth Services in Winnipeg, at the St. Norbert Foundation and at Stony Mountain Institution. Later, Maureen worked for Autism Calgary and Autism Alberta and was instrumental in launching an employment initiative for adults with autism, now replicated Canada wide. She also established her own consulting firm, Counselling Care, to support families dealing with autism. Maureen brought dignity, meaning and value to the lives of vulnerable people.

But Maureen’s pride and joy, her greatest accomplishment in life, was bringing two fine sons, Owen and Aidan Fitzpatrick, into the world and raising them to be strong, honest and caring men. She will be deeply missed by her sons, her mother (Nancy Jensen), her two sisters Patricia Jensen (Don McRae) and Karen Jensen (David Large) and her brother Paul Jensen. She was pre-deceased by her beloved father, Torben Jensen. Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the Autism Calgary Association at: autismcalgary.com/donate/.

A Memorial Service will be held for Maureen on Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 2:00 pm. Those wishing to participate in the service from home may do so here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88103097387.