Obit: Sorenson, Albert (1898 - 1946)

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Surnames: SORENSON HASLOW LUCHT JONES

----Sources: Marathon County Register (Unity, Clark Co. Wis.) 02/08/1946

--Sorenson, Al (3 Sept. 1898 - Feb. 1946)

Former Spencer Resident Dies At Park Ridge, Ill.

Al Sorenson, 47, former resident of Spencer for many years, died at Park Ridge, Ill. Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, according to report. The Sorensons had moved in 1941 to Park Ridge where Mr. Sorenson was employed by Douglas Aircraft. On Feb. 1, he fell ?? feet when a scaffold broke and fractured his back, pelvis and ribs. The body will arrive in Spencer this Thursday, and then to Loyal for funeral services this Thursday afternoon and burial will be made in the Loyal cemetery. The deceased is survived by his wife, Estelle and two sons, Allen and Harold, two brothers, John of Unity, and Arthur, stationed with the U.S. Navy in the East; two sisters, Mrs. Edwin Haslow of Loyal and Mrs. Arthur Lucht of Spokeville.

Mr. Sorenson received his education in the Spencer schools and for some time was employed by Chas. Haslow.

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Obit: Sorenson, Albert (1898 - 1946)

-----Sources: Marathon County Register (Unity, Clark Co. Wis.) 02/15/1946

Funeral Services For Albert Sorenson Feb. 7

Funeral rites were conducted last Thursday afternoon at the Loyal theater In Loyal for Albert Sorenson, aged 47, of Park Ridge, Ill., who died Sunday, Feb. 3 at St. Frances hospital in Evanston, Ill., the result of a fall on Friday, Feb. 1. Burial was made in the Loyal cemetery. On Wednesday of last week another funeral service was conducted at Des Plaines, Illinois.

Mr. Sorenson, son of the late Andrew and Marie Sorenson, was born at Spencer, Sept. 3, 1898. He worked for Charles Haslow of Spencer for about eight years in his youth and then moved to Unity. After about four or five years at Unity he moved to Phillips to operate a theater several years. From Phillips he went to Greenwood and then to Loyal, where he operated a filling station several years. In 1941 he went to Park Ridge to enter the employ of Douglas Aircraft. While working there Feb. 1 a scaffold broke and he fell 40 feet, fracturing his back, his pelvis and ribs.

In November, 1922, he was married at Marshfield to Estella Jones who taught school at Unity. She survives with two sons, Allen, 17 and Harold, both at home. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Edwin Haslow of Loyal and Mrs. Arthur Lucht of Spencer, and two brothers, John Sorenson of Unity, and Lt. Arthur Sorenson of Camp Perry, Williamsburg, Va.

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Bio: Sorenson Family, Andrew & Marie Elizabeth Iverson

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Husband & Father: Andrew Sorenson (18 Sep 1867, Denmark–9 Mar 1914, Spencer, WI) Married 6 August 1892 in Marathon, WI, United States
Wife: Marie Elizabeth Iverson (22 Mar 1868, Denmark–25 May 1936, Spencer, WI), burial in West Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, Marathon, WI, USA

Children: Hanna Christina Sorenson 16 May 1893, Unity, WI–5 Sep 1945, Marshfield, WI​​; John Emil Sorenson 15 Aug 1895, Spencer, WI–1953; Albert L Sorenson 3 Sep 1898, Spencer, WI–3 Feb 1946, Evanston, IL; Ernestine Sorenson 31 Jul 1901, Spencer, WI–17 Mar 2004, Colby, WI; Lena Henrietta Sorenson 12 Jul 1904, Spencer, WI–9 Dec 1988, Spencer, WI; Alice Sophia Sorensen 27 Jan 1908, WI–19 Apr 1921, WI; Arthur Andrew Sorenson 10 Nov 1910, WI–13 Apr 1987, Wood Co., WI.

1905 Wisconsin State Census

Andrew Sorenson 37y  Male M 37 Married White W 1868 ca 1868 Denmark Denmark Denmark

*Andrew Sorenson was the enumerator of this census.
Maria Sorenson 37y  Female F 37 Married White W 1868 ca 1868 Denmark Denmark Denmark
Christine Sorenson 12y  Female F 12 Single White W 1893 ca 1893 WI
John Sorenson 10y  Male M 10 Single White W 1895 ca 1895 WI
Albert Sorenson 6y  Male M 6 Single White W 1899 ca 1899 WI
Annastine Sorenson 3y  Female F 3 Single White W 1902 ca 1902 WI
Lena Sorenson 11m  Female F 0 Single White W 1905

1910 Federal Census, Wisconsin Marathon Spencer ED 97

Andrew Sorenson Male 42 1868 Denmark Married White Head Denmark Denmark
Mary Sorenson Female 42 1868 Denmark Married White Wife Denmark Denmark
Christina Sorenson Female 16 1894 WI Single White Daughter Denmark Denmark
John Sorenson Male 14 1896 WI Single White Son Denmark Denmark
Albert Sorenson Male 11 1899 WI Single White Son Denmark Denmark
Ernestina Sorenson Female 8 1902 WI Single White Daughter Denmark Denmark
Lena Sorenson Female 6 1904 WI Single White Daughter Denmark Denmark
Alice Sorenson Female 2 1908 WI Single White Daughter Denmark Denmark

1930 Federal Census, WI Clark Greenwood ED 15

Head: Albert Sorenson Male 32 1898 in WI Married, Cattle Stock Buyer White Denmark Denmark
Estelle Sorenson Female 26 1904 in WI Married White Wife WI WI
Alan Sorenson Male 2 1928 in WI Single White Son WI WI
Marie Sorenson Female 62 1868 in Denmark Widowed White Mother Denmark Denmark