28/12/2022
Jean Marie Carstensen
In the afternoon on December 25th, 2022, Jean Marie Carstensen, of Omaha Nebraska, passed away in her sleep at the age of 65.
Jean and her twin brother, John Burns, were welcomed into the Burns family on August 8th, 1957. The Burns family is a big clan with 6 children but Jean took pride in claiming to be the baby of the family.
Jean grew up in Grand Island, until being relocated to North Platte to finish out high school and she graduated from North Platte’s Saint Patrick High School in 1975. After graduation, life's best adventures began for Jean. John and Jean with their scuba license in hand they took of to South America to experience what life had to offer. Jean and John would later on instill this love of traveling with their spouses and siblings and it later spread onto adventures with their own families as well.
After this gap year filled with adventure she decided that nursing school was right for her and she chose to dedicate her life to other people. Whether that be the countless new nurses that she welcomed to the floor, or her patients that she cared for on a daily basis.
These yearly trips kept her sane and calm during her shift in the busy Emergency Room never wanting to mutter the word “quiet”. While the Emergency room was quiet she was quick to make a joke, sing poker face by Lady Gaga.
In 1981 Jean met the love of her life, Tom Carstensen. Soulmates is the best way to describe the infectious love that they had for each other. Together they raised two amazing children, Josh and Jill, they were truly her pride and joy. Tom and Jean were always the first to volunteer to be the coaches, chaperones, or anything they could do to provide great experiences for their children and their friends.
Jean was the best Gmom there could ever be. She loved her grandchildren more than anything. Joslyn, Jonah, and Julien could always count on seeing her in the stands of their sporting events, school awards, or an impromptu speech at a an Eagle Scout celebration. Jean loved to celebrate life with her family. All of her siblings, nieces, nephews, and cousins were just as important to her as her own family. She loved when they all could be together, especially in the Snowy Range, her happy place, where we will be spreading her ashes this summer near her late brother Steve Burns and along with her sister in law Candi Burns.
Jean is preceded in death by her mother Vivian, her father Harold, her brother Steve, and her Sister Nancy. Jean is survived by her husband Tom, her daughter, Jill and her three children Joslyn, Jonah, and Julien, her son, Josh (significant other, Missy), her brother John(Candi) her sister Mary(Jerry), her brother Gary(Sandra), and countless nieces and nephews that she loved very much.
Jean Marie Carstensen
Services for Jean will be held at Kremer Funeral Home, 6302 Maple Street, Omaha, NE. Flowers can be sent to Kremer Funeral Home.
Friday 12/30/2022 - Open house viewing from 5- 8pm
Saturday 12/31/2022 - Viewing from 10-11am with a service beginning at 11am
Following the service a celebration of life will be held at Hot Shops Art Studio, 1301 Nichols Street, Omaha, NE. Please join the family from 1-6pm or as long as the party shall go on for an afternoon of drinks, food, stories and laughter of the life Jean lived.