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Walter Raymond JORGENSON

Male 1915 - 2005  (90 years)


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  • Name Walter Raymond JORGENSON 
    Birth 24 Mar 1915  Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 30 Apr 2005  Marin County, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Walter R. Jorgenson, Lt. Col. USA Ret.

      Passed away Saturday, April 30th, 2005 at the Nazareth House in San Rafael. He was 90.

      Walter was born March 24, 1915, in Decorah, Iowa, the son of Jorgen Gerhard and Sophie Krogh Jorgenson. Together with his parents he moved to Portland, Oregon, where he lived until joining the Army in 1942. He served more than 20 years in the Army prior to starting his Civil Service career. He retired in 1980.

      He married Malinda Raso in 1942 who preceded him in death in 1984.

      In 1996, he married Jeannette Stagg.

      Survivors include his wife Jeannette, his son, Walt Jorgenson of Manchester, CA, his daughter, Patricia Boutwell of Ponca City, OK, three grandchildren, Domenic Jorgenson of Santa Rosa, CA, Nicole Jorgenson of Petaluma, CA and Jessica Boutwell of Ponca City, OK, and one great- granddaughter, Haley Malinda Jorgenson of Santa Rosa.
      Casket bearers will be Domenic and Walter Jorgenson Jr.
    Person ID I36935  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2023 

    Father Jørgen Gerhard JORGENSON,   b. 1 Oct 1878, Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Apr 1954, Portland, Washington County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Sophie Alice KROGH,   b. 1 Sep 1881, Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jun 1969, Marin County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Family ID F25131  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Malinda Maria RASO,   b. 1915, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 1984, Marin County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 13 Jun 1942  Chattahoochee County, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Fort Benning
    Children 
     1. Walter Raymond JORGENSON, Jr,   b. 30 Apr 1943, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 2020, Mendocino County, California Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F25132  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2023