David Gardner Jensen, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed through the veil into heaven at 7:45 am on Monday, March 3, 2025.
Dave was born August 6, 1956, and lived in Santa Monica, California until he was 15. His dad worked for Marathon Oil and was transferred from L.A. to Anchorage, Alaska.
Dave graduated from East High School in AK in 1974 and attended BYU where he majored in Physical Education. Dave was involved in practically every intramural sport offered at BYU and often played six different sports every day.
During his senior year at BYU, Dave met and married the love of his life, Debra Ashby. They were married in the Manti, Utah temple on her birthday, March 2, 1979. They lived in Simi Valley, California until Dave was recruited by Alexander & Alexander, an insurance agency in Phoenix, in 1990. They moved their family to Mesa, AZ and have lived there for 35 years. Dave’s career led him to become Vice President over surety bonds for Willis Towers-Watson. In 2017, Dave was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s (Frontotemporal Dementia) at the age of 61, which led to his early retirement in January 2020 at the age of 63.
Dave was a devoted and loyal husband and father to his four girls. He loved his family and had the special talent of being able to “leave work at the door” when he came home and devote that time to his family. He coached all of his girls in many sports teams and always made time to be at their games and performances. He was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served diligently in many church callings. He was unmatched in integrity and hard work and was respected and loved by all who knew him.
After battling Alzheimer’s for almost 8 years, Dave was called home to his heavenly parents. He is reunited with many loved ones including his mother Cora, his father James, his brother Mike, and granddaughter Gigi. Dave is survived by his wife, Deb; his four daughters: Lynndsey, Brooke, Kelsey and Mallory; his sister, Karen; and his 18 grandchildren: Maryn, Natalie, Preston, Audrey, Rachel, Avery, Hayden, Kiley, Jaylyn, Reegan, Ellie, Scout, Griffin, Lux, Duke, Rosie, Mia and Louie.
He will be missed by many family members, friends and colleagues.
We love you sweet Dave. ’Til We Meet Again.
For those unable to attend in person, you will be able to view the service through this link: https://youtube.com/live/1U8N6I3ZxL4?feature=share
Arrangements by Bunker’s University Chapel, www.bunkerfuneral.com. Should this obituary appear anywhere but bunkerfuneral.com, please check our website for accurate details and service information.
My condolences to the Jensen family. Dave helped us grow FNF for 20+ years and was not only as a business partner on bonding support but a personal friend to Marie and I and our kids that worked for the company.
Deb I’m really sorry I won’t be able to make it out for the funeral. Uncle Dave is the person who taught me how to play Baseball love baseball fueled the padtre dodger rivalry between nome and himself and I, took me to padres games etc. he finally coaxed me to take that high dive jump at the pool in penasquitos. I wasn’t expecting this. But it has brought back a lot of great childhood memories. We all get caught up in our lives and tend to forget these things but he was important to me growing up. I remember being very sad when you all moved to Arizona. Im very sorry I never got know your daughters well. I hope you are doing ok if I can do anything let me know. I do have business opportunities in phoenix once in a while and I’d love to see you when I come out next. If you are interested ever in Nashville let us know.
My condolences to the family. I worked with Dave at Willis 2004-2008 and he was a class act and wonderful to be around. RIP Dave.
Dave was always such an enjoyable person to talk to, hang around, and play basketball with. So athletic and so much energy for life that is now free again to exercise in a higher cause. The beautiful family he raised with Debbie I know was his most treasured possesion that he can now watch over as a guardian angel till we all meet again. Miss you Dave.