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- Teacher, Lincoln School of Commerce, Lincoln, Nebraska
January 28, 1907 - August 21, 2000
Ruth Jorgensen of Rifle passed away at the E. Dene Moore Memorial Homeon Aug. 21. She was 91 .
Mrs. Jorgensen was born in Cedar County, Neb., near Wausa, to Georgeand Lucinda Furness Jorg ensen. She and her family moved to Lincoln,Neb. in 1917 and went through schools there. Sh e taught business atthe Lincoln School of Commerce until her retirement in 1972. She movedt o Grand Junction in 1986 and then to Rifle in 1998, where she liveduntil her death.
Survivors include a sister, Beryl Proudfit of Colorado Springs; anephew, Gary Swallow of Rif le; nieces Shannon Pettis of ColoradoSprings, Coralue Anderson and Wendy Ulmer of Georgetown , Colo., andnephew Smokey Anderson of Georgetown.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Allen Jorgensen;and sisters Vera Swallo w and Ona Anderson.
Memorial contributions may be made to the First Christian Church ofLincoln.
Graveside services were held at Woodlawn Cemetery in Wausa, Thursday,Aug. 24 at 10:00 a.m.
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