Allen Rawlins Jorgensen
PROVIDENCE, UTAH: Our loving husband, father,
grandfather, brother, friend, and master teacher,
Allen Rawlins Jorgensen, 67, passed away suddenly at
home in Providence, Utah on Friday, November 5, 2004.
Allen was born Feb. 17, 1937 in Ogden, Utah to C.
Allen and Mae Rawlins Jorgensen. He was their second
child and only son.
His childhood years were spent in
Huntsville, Utah with his two sisters: Ruth and Donna
Mae. He graduated from Weber High School and Weber
Junior College before serving an LDS mission to
Sydney, Australia in 1957.
On his return home he
enrolled at Utah State University in Logan, Utah where
he met his eternal friend and sweetheart, Margaret
Wilson. They married on Sept. 29, 1960 in the Salt
Lake Temple. He graduated from USU in 1962 with a BS
in Elementary Education. He loved teaching and spent
the next 37 ½ years sharing his knowledge and humor
with children in Davis and Granite School Districts.
Allen retired in the spring of 2001 and continued
substituting in Cache Valley. After a year of
traveling with his Blazer and trailer and taking most
of their grandchildren on special road trips, Margaret
and Allen returned to Cache Valley to be closer to
their younger grandchildren.
Allen enjoyed spending
time with his family, watching grandchildren in music,
school, and sports events, TV football games,
landscaping, and studying the scriptures. He was a
lifelong member of the LDS church, a High Priest in
the Cobblestone Ward, and served in numerous ward
positions—his favorite was teaching a monthly
priesthood lesson.
Allen is survived by his wife, Margaret; two
daughters, Kathy (Steve) Pack, Centerville; Carolyn
(Mike) Olsen, Preston, Id.; two sons, Wayne (JaNae),
Hyrum and Scott (Jeannine), South Jordan; 10 & 7/9
grandchildren; sisters Ruth (James) Hamblin,
Roosevelt; and Donna Mae (Bob) Hurst, Brigham City;
Joan, Mel, Jim and Mary Jane and nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday,
Nov 9 at Cobblestone/Providence 1st Ward Chapel, 420
West 100 North, Providence, Utah. A viewing will be
held on Monday, Nov 8th from 6-8 pm at the Allen-Hall
Mortuary, 34 East Center, Logan, Utah, and at 10:00
a.m. at the ward. Interment at Wasatch Lawn Memorial
Park in Salt Lake City. Online condolences wmay be
sent to the family at Allen-Hall Mortuary