She lived a full life of extraordinary love for her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
Amy was resourceful, creative, had the most beautiful penmanship, could make anything out of nothing, and always, always, always put her family first. Even in retirement, Amy was a fantastic bookkeeper. She also served as a leader in the Idaho Trucking Association (ITA) and was highly recognized for her volunteerism. She later took her incredible leadership skills into the trucking industry and excelled as a safety compliance officer, working for well-known companies including Ida-Cal, May Trucking and Simplot Transportation until she retired. From helping her first husband run ranches, bottle-feeding, and warming freezing calves during a brutal spring storm in Wyoming, to working two full-time jobs when she moved to Idaho with her four children to start a new life. Any kid who was around her was a “grandkid”, and all knew she would hold them accountable, but love them fiercely. She loved her stepdaughters, nieces and nephews who came to live with her through troubling times, so many friends and friends of friends who needed a stable home, discipline, and her tough love. Amy raised more children than just her own. Her home-cooked meals were infamous, and she would share whatever she had, even when she didn’t have much to share. She was known for her western hospitality of always having an open door, a warm bed, a hot cup of coffee and she could cook for 2 or 200.
She made hundreds of outfits for all her kids and grandkids throughout the years, all her daughters’ wedding dresses, a myriad of formal dresses for school dances, and countless baby blankets. She loved camping with her kids and grandkids, playing pinecone baseball, fishing (any chance she could), crocheting, sewing and knitting. She is survived by her only sister, Helen Floyd of Caldwell her children Tracy (Mike) Kasper, Billy Hacker, Becky (Craig) DeMark, and Carla (Mike) Frank her grandchildren Courtney (Trent) Harrison, Jordan (Melissa) Kasper, Casey (Kayla) Coller, Colby Coller, Garrett Kasper, Griffin (Cassidy) Kasper, Corbin Beets, Tyler (Chrissy) Hacker, Justin (Natalya) Hacker, Garen Hacker, Emma Hacker, Miller DeMark, Warren DeMark, Maite’ Frank and Breken Frank her great-grandchildren Kendall, McKenna, Bentley, Brooklyn, Brooks, Addilyn, Naomi and Whitley and many sisters-in-law and friends whom she loved like sisters. Preceded in death by her father, Ralph Freeman Mark Sr., her mother, Agnes Harriet Boruff Skeltcher Mark, and her 8 brothers, Phil, Jim, Jack, Dan, Ralph, Harley, Pete, and Tom. Amy Ethel Jensen Amy Ethel Jensen was born on January 31, 1950, in Torrington, Wyoming, and passed while in the loving arms of her daughter, Carla, on June 16, 2022.
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