September 7, 1975 – September 6, 2022
Amber Christine Beld Jensen, 46, Whispering Pines, NC, previously from Bison, died tragically on September 6, 2022, in her home in North Carolina. Funeral services were held Saturday, September 17, 2022 in Bison.
Amber was born to Ken and Beth Beld of Bison in Hettinger, ND, on September 7, 1975.
She graduated from Bison High School in 1994 as a Regents Scholar.
During those school years, Amber was active in high school sports. She was part of the starting five when Bison’s girls’ basketball team made its first-ever appearance in the state tournament in Watertown, where they claimed the fourth-place trophy. She was part of the cheerleading squad that won first-place honors in several competitions, including the state contest. Her squad also competed in national tournaments in Dallas, TX, and Minneapolis, MN. She was chosen to perform during the Aloha Bowl’s half-time show on Christmas Day in Hawaii in 1993 and was a charter member of South Dakota’s first state cheerleader squad. She was a distance runner in track and qualified several times for the South Dakota State Track Meet. She was also part of a drill team. She was crowned Bison’s Snow Queen in 1993.
Following graduation, she attended SDSU in Brookings, and then moved to Washington State, where she married David Jensen in a private ceremony on June 17, 1995. She received her associate degree in Interior, Residential, and Commercial Design from Clover Park Technical College in Tacoma, WA.
They moved to Fort Bragg, NC that same year purchasing a home in Whispering Pines. They were members of Our Savior Lutheran Church in North Carolina.
Amber had her own business, Fine Design by Amber, designing kitchens and bathrooms and consulting on interior design. She was recently nominated for the local “Best of the Pines” award. Amber entered her own newly-designed and functional kitchen in a nationwide contest in Taste of Home magazine, winning 2nd place and cash and was featured in their January 2011 national publication.
Amber was preceded in death by her father, Ken Beld, on February 6, 1980; her stepfather, Roy Hulm, and her brother Kyle Hulm; her husband David and dog Greta Bean, who died the same day she did; her grandparents, Henry and Helen Beld and Eugene and Minerva Leitch, and one uncle.
She is survived by her children, Jaleigh Jensen (special friend Alex) of Sandy, UT and Colten Jensen (special friend Dina) of Raleigh, NC; her mother, Beth Hulm of Bison; siblings, Jason (Wendi) Beld of Timnath, CO, Kendra (Pete) Theobald of Papillion, NE, Ryan (Raven) Beld of Spearfish, Jared Beld of Aurora, CO, and Kirk Hulm of Box Elder; her mother- and father-in-law, Mary Jean and Eldon Jensen of Lemmon; brothers-in-law Derek (Mitz) Jensen of Cedar Rapids, IA and Greg (Tonya) Jensen of Hettinger, ND; and sister-in-law Kari Jensen (Kyle) Thomas of Woodbury MN; along with numerous, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and many, many friends.