JORGENSEN, Helen Charlotte (Olson) 1909-1999

JORGENSEN, JOHNSON, OLSON

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 4/14/2009 at 20:36:19

HELEN O. JORGENSEN

OSAGE, IOWA - Helen O. Jorgensen, age 90, died on Tuesday, October 12, 1999, at Riceville Community Rest Home.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage with the Rev. Dennis Hanson and the Rev. Roy Ott officiating. Interment will be in the Osage Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Champion Funeral Home, Osage, and one hour prior to services at the church Friday.

Helen Charlotte Olson was born July 22, 1909, in her lifelong family home at 702 N. Seventh St. in Osage, to Carl E. Olson and Gunnil (Johnson) Olson. Helen was baptized and confirmed in the Osage Evangelical Lutheran Church (now Our Savior's Lutheran) and was a continuous member until the time of her death.

She attended Osage schools and graduated from Osage High School in 1926. She attended and graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., in 1930, having majored in French and history. Following her graduation, Helen attended and later taught at the Minnesota School of Business in Minneapolis. Throughout the years of the Depression and World War II, Helen was a business teacher in the secondary schools of Maddock, N. D., Two Harbors, Perham and Owatonna, Minn. Her summer months were spent in Osage with her parents.

Helen was united in marriage to Robert L. Jorgensen on June 30, 1945, in Osage. They made their home at her parental home, where they raised their family and continue to live to the present time.

In 1966 after 21 years of being a homemaker and substitute school teacher, Helen accepted a teaching position at St. Ansgar Community High School where she taught for one year.

Helen was a member and treasurer of the Osage Library Board for 24 years. She has been an active member in the Shakespearean Club, her church circle and ELCA women's group, and the Sons of Norway. Helen was a member of Sunny Brae Country Club. She played bridge with her favorite bridge clubs for many years. She was a Girl Scout leader for five years.

Helen is survived by her husband, Robert L. Jorgensen, Osage; three children, Mrs. Larry (Julia Ann) Kotewa, Peoria, Ill., Robert C. Jorgensen, Minneapolis, Minn., and Mrs. Richard (Helen Christine) McConnell, Cedar Rapids; and seven grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Cora Matzoll.

Memorials may be directed to the Osage Public library or Our Savior's Lutheran Church.