William Keith Jorgensen (1928 - 2010)

Born 16 Mar 1928 in Dawson, Nebraska, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Darlene (Carlson) Jorgensen — married 11 Nov 1950 in Kearney, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Apr 2010 at age 82 in Mission Viejo, Orange, California, United States

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Keith Jorgensen has roots in the region now known as Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Biography

William Keith Jorgensen was born on March 16, 1928, in Dawson, Nebraska, the first of four children. He married Sarah Darlene Carlson on November 11, 1950 in Kearney, Nebraska. After graduating from Kearney State Teachers College (undergraduate) and Brown University (master's), Keith served in the Army in the Korean War and later worked as a high school teacher and college tutor. Keith passed away on April 23, 2010, at Mission Viejo Hospital in California. ^[1]

Obituary

MISSION VIEJO, Calif. - William "Keith" Jorgensen, 82, of Mission Viejo, formerly of Kearney, Neb., died Friday, April 23, 2010, in Mission Viejo.

Memorial services were April 28 at O'Connor Mortuary in Laguna Hills with Wayne Carlson of Holdrege, Neb., officiating. Burial was at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest.

Celebration of life services will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the University of Nebraska at Kearney Alumni House.

He was born March 16, 1928, in Dawson County, Neb., to L.W. "Bob" and Mona (Boggs) Jorgensen.

On Nov. 11, 1950, he married Darlene Carlson in Kearney.

Survivors include his wife; sons, Warren and William, both of Mission Viejo; brother, Lanford of Tucson, Ariz.; sister, Lana Wood of Lincoln, Neb.; and seven grandchildren.

He received his undergraduate degree from UNK in 1950. He received master's degrees from UNK and Brown University. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.

He passionately enjoyed teaching math and chemistry to hundreds of students during his tenure as a teacher at Troy High School in Fullerton and college instructor at Orange Coast College and Saddleback College. He was director of Allied Health Programs and acting director of records and statistics at Kearney State College from 1967 to 1976. He was very active in the UNK Alumni Association of Southern California.

He was preceded in death by his son, Steven; daughter, Linda Beisheim; and brother, Dwaine.

Memorials are suggested to the UNK Foundation Scholarship Fund. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Personal recollection of events witnessed by Bryce Jorgensen as remembered 31 Mar 2021.
2. ↑ Kearney Hub, May 5, 2010.

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/52029659/william-keith-jorgensen : accessed 02 June 2021), memorial page for William Keith Jorgensen (16 Mar 1928–23 Apr 2010), Find a Grave Memorial ID 52029659, citing El Toro Memorial Park, Lake Forest, Orange County, California, USA ; Maintained by Bryce Jorgensen (contributor 50818919) .