Lauretta Mae Jensen died Tuesday evening in a local hospital.

      She was born in Helena on Nov. 14, 1938 to Ben and Bessie (Cooper) Brown.   She came to Butte as a girl and graduated from Butte High School.

      Lauretta was a homemaker who enjoyed her family, ceramics and unicorns.   She married Gerald Jensen in Butte on Jan. 06, 1957.   He died in 1999.

      Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas and Candace Jensen, Great Falls, and Dan and Michelle Jensen, Ronald Jensen, Larry Jensen and daughter, Kathryn Panchot, all of Butte;   grandchildren, Jennifer Panchot, Heidi Panchot, Natasha Jensen, Felicia Jensen, Keith Jensen, Cindy Charon, Cassie Jaquez, Elsie Mazzola, Larry Jensen Jr., Michael and Christine Jensen;   greatgrandchildren, Daniel Patrick Norris, Kaitlyn Marie Jensen, Cody William Norris, Kylee Jade Brown, Gavin Patrick Horn, Elissa Horn, Josh Horn;   brother and sister-in-law, Richard and Judy Brown, Butte;   sister and brother-in-law, Donna and Gary Mickel, Vancouver, Wash.

      Her remains have been cremated.   Memorial services are at 2 p.m. Friday in Wayrynen-Richards Funeral Home.   Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Park.