Mona Icel (Boggs) Jorgensen (1909 - 2006)

Born 24 Apr 1909 in Livonia, Putnam, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Lloyd William Jorgensen — married 31 Aug 1927 in Nebraska, United States

Descendants

Died 28 Dec 2006 at age 97 in Johnson, Nebraska, United States

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Biography

Mona was born in 1909. She was the daughter of Robert Boggs and Dora Martin. She passed away in 2006.

"Mona Jorgensen 01/01/2007 Former Kearney resident, 97

LINCOLN — Mona Icel Jorgensen, 97, of Lincoln, formerly of Kearney and Cozad, died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2006, at her home.

Services were Thursday in Lincoln with the Rev. Pat Norris officiating, and further services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at O'Brien-Straatmann-Apfel Funeral Home in Kearney with the Rev. Dean Pofahl officiating. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. John's Cemetery in Cozad. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. She was born April 24, 1909, in Lovonia, Mo., to Robert and Dora (Martin) Boggs. On Aug. 31, 1927, she married Lloyd Jorgensen. He died in 1989.

Survivors include her sons, Keith of Mission Viejo, Calif., and Lanny of Tucson; daughter, Lana Miller-Wood of Lincoln; 11 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. Additional survivors include her daughters-in-law, Darlene Jorgensen of Mission Viejo and Panda Jean Jorgensen of Tucson; son-in-law Ron Wood of Lincoln; and many nieces, nephews and friends. She was the fourth child of 12. She lived in rural Dawson County.

She and her husband lived in Kearney for more than 20 years and returned to rural Cozad where they "revived" the family farm. In 1988, they moved to Lincoln.

She had various jobs, but was mainly a homemaker, avid reader, gardener of flowers, lover of birds and all nature and an accomplished artist. She cherished her family and friends and faced daily life with a unique sense of humor and compassion.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by son, Harold Dwaine Jorgensen in 1992; grandson, Steven Keith Jorgensen in 2005; parents, Robert Frank and Dora Maude Boggs; seven sisters and four brothers."^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 April 2018), memorial page for Mona Icel Boggs Jorgensen (24 Apr 1909–24 Dec 2006), Find A Grave Memorial no. 27418262, citing Saint Johns Lutheran Cemetery, Lexington, Dawson County, Nebraska, USA ; Maintained by Don (contributor 46558676) .

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M2BP-6WZ : accessed 8 April 2018), Monisel Boggs in household of Robert F Boggs, Grant, Putnam, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 123, sheet 4B, family 81, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 806; FHL microfilm 1,374,819.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCVG-RLR : accessed 8 April 2018), Mona J Boggs in household of Frank Boggs, Wood River, Custer, Nebraska, United States; citing ED 96, sheet 6B, line 63, family 128, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 985; FHL microfilm 1,820,985.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JBJF-GPD : 20 May 2014), MONA ICEL JORGENSEN, 24 Dec 2006; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QKLP-X83G : accessed 9 April 2018), Mona Icel Jorgensen, Nebraska, United States, 29 Dec 2006; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Lincoln Journal Star, born-digital text.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QK53-5VBN : accessed 8 April 2018), Mona Icel Jorgensen, Nebraska, United States, 27 Dec 2006; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Lincoln Journal Star, born-digital text.