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Joe Jorgensen

Funeral Services were held 9:00 A.M., Thursday, November 20, 1986 at Higby Mortuary. Interment was held in the Crown Hill Cemetery in Denver, Colorado.

OBITUARY: Joe Jorgensen

Joseph Abelham Jorgensen, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Jorgensen, was born September 21, 1900, in Utah, and passed away at Omaha, Nebraska, on November 16, 1986, at the age of 86 years, 1 month and 17 days.

The family moved to Colorado and on May 25, 1925, he was united in marriage to Cecelia Williamsen at Denver. She preceded him in death on February 9, 1983.

They moved to Marquette, Nebraska, in 1927, where they farmed. On October 28, 1983, he married Goldie Price at Boulder, Colorado.

Joe was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, Cecelia, one son Gerald, 2 daughters, Glenda Riblett, and one in infancy, one brother and 3 sisters.

Those who survive him are his wife, Goldie, of Marquette; 3 sons, Aller of Marquette, Roger of Longmont, Colorado and Clyde of Marquette; one step-son Ricky Price of Statesville North Carolina; a step-daughter, Ann Chaney of Omaha; 10 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and 4 step-grandchildren.