SORENSEN, Stanley M. (1911-2009)

SORENSEN

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart, Volunteer (email)
Date: 7/30/2009 at 11:19:05

Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa
May 24, 2009

STANLEY M. SORENSEN, Boone

Stanley M. Sorensen, 98, formerly of St. Charles, IA, died Friday, May 22, 2009. He was born March 25, 1911, son of Nels and Johanna Andersen Sorensen. Services will be held 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 26, at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola, IA, with burial following in the Linn Grove Cemetery, rural Norwalk, IA.

He married Marjorie Brown in 1939. Stanley farmed around Norwalk, Indianola and St. Charles for many years. He was a member of the Martensdale Community Church.

He was preceded in death by wife, Marjorie; parents; step-mother, Gail; brothers, Clifford and Robert; sisters, Agnes Nissen and Mildred Thomas Lewis; step-sister, Marjorie Tomlinson; and granddaughter, Micaela Halbmaier.

He is survived by three daughters, Pat (LaVerne) Middleswart, of Dike, Nancy (Paul) Mead, of Lacona, and Mary (Mark) Halbmaier, of Boone. He is also survived by eight grandchildren; six great- grandchildren; brother, Wayne, of Des Moines; and sisters, Mary Warner, of Ankeny and Beverly Sorensen, of Des Moines.

Visitation will be held 2 to 5 p.m., Monday, May 25, at Overton Funeral Home where family will be present from 3 to 5 p.m. Memorials may be given to the St. Charles Library, Martensdale Community Church or the Evangelical Free Church Home in Boone. Online condolences may be made at www.overtonfunerals.com