When Valeria Marie Jensen was born in 1922 in Fort Smith Arkansas, her father, Louie was 24 and her mother, Florence was 21. Valeria had four daughters with her husband Frederick Lorenzo Utley, between 1940 and 1951. She died quietly on April 25, 2021 at the age of 98. She will be missed by her family, youngest daughter Linda Mitchell and son-in-law, Danny, grandsons, Scott Mitchell and wife Stacy, Michael Mitchell and Aaron Mitchell and granddaughter Michelle Littlejohn and husband John; her oldest daughter’s child, Carol Birdsall and husband Mark; grandson Bill Clemons and his wife Becky. She is remembered fondly by her six grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren, who called her “Grandma-Grandma”; and her four great-great-great-grandchildren.
The family will receive visitors from 3 – 5:00 p.m., Sunday, May 2, at Pecan Grove Funeral Home, 3124 Robinson Drive, Waco.