Melvin Eugene Jorgenson

1930 - 2000  (69 years)

• Name	Melvin Eugene Jorgenson
  Nickname	Jug
  Born	8 Oct 1930	Greenleaf, Washington County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Apr 2000	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Washington City Cemetery, Washington, Washington County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4258	Rossville
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Hans James Jorgenson
  Mother	Nina Alice Ramsey Jorgenson Drebes,   b. 19 May 1907, Glen Elder, Mitchell County, Kansas ,   d. 27 Mar 1987, Holton, Jackson County, Kansas  (Age 79 years)
  Married	2 Jul 1927
  Family ID	F2055	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joann Cope Jorgenson,   b. 4 Mar 1929, Greenleaf, Washington County, Kansas ,   d. 31 Dec 2010, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas  (Age 81 years)
  Married	14 May 1948	Belleville, Republic County, Kansas
  Children	1. Dan Jorgenson + 2. Judy Jorgenson Blush
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2019 15:58:13
  Family ID	F5054	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 14 May 1948 - Belleville, Republic County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Jorgenson, Melvin Melvin E. Jorgenson Melvin E. Jorgenson, 69, Delia, died Thursday, April 27, 2000, at a Topeka hospital. Mr. Jorgenson was born in Greenleaf, October 8, 1930, the son of Hans and Nina Ramsey Jorgenson. He has lived in Delia die past 27 years, moving from Lyndon. Mr. Jorgenson was a heavy equipment operator and later was a su-perintendent for Hamm’s Construction in Perry for a total of 28 years, retiring in 1992. He was a member of the Lutheran faith and the Operating Engineer’s Local #101. On May 14, 1948, he married Joann Cope in Belleville. She survives. Other survivors include one son, Dan Jorgenson, Perry; one daughter, Judy Blush, Delia; three sisters, Dorothy Basel, Netawaka, Joyce Wahlgemuth, Davis, CA, and Beulah Meade, Topeka; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The family received friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home in Topeka, and from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Ward Funeral Home in Washington, KS. His service was at 10 a.m. Monday at the Ward Funeral Home; interment followed in the Washington City Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Dialysis Specialists of Topeka, Inc., 920 SW Washburn, Topeka 66606.