F. Marlene Hensen, 65, of Columbia Falls passed away Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at Kalispell Regional Medical Center in Kalispell.

She was born June 16, 1943, in Escondido, Calif. She was raised and educated in Escondido.

Marlene was a homemaker and pastor's wife.

She is survived by her husband, Pastor Ed Hensen, of Columbia Falls; her children, Pam Barnes and her husband, Kenny, of Harrisburg, Ill., Jeff Donnelly and his wife, Katherine, of Los Cruces, N.M., Kelli Smith and her husband, John, of Harrisburg, Joe Hensen of Illinois, and Shannon Hensen and his wife, Kelly, of Columbia Falls; her grandchildren, Mary Rose, Kendra, Kenny, Jeffrey, Nickie, Willie, Meghyn, Ashley, Stephanie, Brandan, and Levi; her great-grandchildren, Callie, Cheyenne, Roxanne, and Lydia; her brother, Dean Tanner, of Kingman, Ariz.; and two sisters, Lynn Stamm and Renee Matson, of Escondido.

Visitation will be from 1 to 5 p.m. today, July 20, at the Columbia Mortuary in Columbia Falls. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, July 21, at the Fellowship Alliance Church, 1025 Seventh Ave. W., in Columbia Falls. Burial will be afterward at Woodlawn Cemetery.