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Name: John Jorgensen Also Known As: Jack Gender: Male Birth Year: 1921 Deceased 2008 Relationship Status: Widowed Current/Latest School: United States Naval Academy Current/Latest Employer: Torque Quip Corp. Birth Place: Racine, WI  USA Hometown: Racine, WI  USA Previous Address(es): Pine Ridge, FL  USA 1991 - 2008 Spring Hill, FL  USA 1983 - 1991 Redington Shores, FL  USA 1970 - 1983 Racine, WI  USA 1946 - 1970 Honolulu, HI  USA 1944 - 1946 Miami, FL  USA 1944 - 1944 Annapolis, MD  USA 1943 - 1944 Madison, WI  USA 1939 - 1943 Racine, WI  USA 1921 - 1939

Spouse(s): June Jorgensen (widowed) Mother(s): Mette Jorgensen Father(s): Fred Jorgensen Sister(s): Ruby Reader Brother(s): F. Lyle Jorgensen Daughter(s): Jane Knudsen Son(s): Jim Jorgensen Grandfather(s): Jens Christian Jorgensen Grandson(s): Scott Jorgensen, Danny Jorgensen Granddaughter(s): Katie Jorgensen Aunt(s): Pluma Jorgensen Uncle(s): James M Jorgensen Niece(s): Sue Reader, Ann Stover, Linda Grossman Nephew(s): Phil Reader, Bill Kuehmsted, Michael Bates Cousin(s): Harold Jorgensen Father-in-law(s): Arthur Kuehmsted Mother-in-law(s): Edith Kuehmsted Brother-in-law(s): Al Bates, Jay Reader, Tony Kuehmsted, Ralph Lenz, Glenn Shelley (former in-law) Sister-in-law(s): Dorothy Kuehmsted Bates, Arden Kuehmsted, Eloise Lenz, Carole Marie Jorgensen (former in-law) Daughter-in-law(s): Bridget Gleason (former in-law), Lisa Busby, Janet Jorgensen (former in-law) Son-in-law(s): Glenn Knudsen Family Stories Add A Story I am losing my father tonight I wrote this the night before my father died. --- I am losing my dad tonight and I can’t do anything about it. It is a helpless feeling after sixty yea (more) Dad Making Denver Sandwiches My father (John Jorgensen) didn't cook - at least not while I was growing up. There was an exception to this rule and like most kids this is all I can r (more) Leftover Watermelon In the 1959’s and 1960’s the Kuehmsted family (the four children of Art and Edith Kuehmsted) had a family picnic. As they all go married and had children th (more) June doesn’t cook My mother (June Jorgensen) was not a good cook. I think she was born at just the wrong time. While she was growing up in the twenties and thirties in Chicag (more) Lauderdale Lakes – Al Capone – John Jorgensen Lauderdale Lakes – Al Capone – John Jorgensen While my father, John Jorgensen was growing up in Racine Wisconsin in the twenties and thirties his parents (more)

School Name: United States Naval Academy School Type: University / College School Location: Annapolis, MD  USA Attended: 1943- 1944 Degree: Ensign Activities: WWII officer training School Name: University of Wisconsin School Type: University / College School Location: Racine, WI  USA Attended: 1939- 1943 Degree: BS Concentration(s): Mechanical Engineering Activities: Psi Upsilon fraternity, the Marching Band, ROTC School Name: Washington Park High School School Type: High School School Location: Racine, WI  USA Attended: 1936- 1939 Activities: Marching Band

Employer Name: Torque Quip Corp. Position: District Sales Dates: 1977 - 1998 Description: Field sales of power transmission equipment. Employer Name: John S Barnes Corp. Position: District Manager Dates: 1967 - 1970 Description: Sales manager for state of Wisconsin. Employer Name: Webster Electric Co. Position: Sales Manager Dates: 1952 - 1967 Description: Responsible for all sales Webster Hydraulic Division - started as Sales Representative. Employer Name: Massey Furgeson Co. Position: Assistant Chief Engineer Dates: 1949 - 1952 Description: In charge of government tank program - started as Senior Staff Engineer Employer Name: Webster Electric Company Position: Senior Project Engineer Dates: 1946 - 1949 Description: Research and Development - in chanrge of fuel pumps and hydraulics Work & Military Stories Add A Story John working for Jay at Lake Lawn Lodge John’s older sister, Ruby (17 years older), and her husband, Jay Reader, and their partner, Harold Zilizsch, managed Lake Lawn Lodge in the 1930’s and bough (more) Navy Time John did not talk too much about his time in the Navy during World War II. He would say lots of training, time on a Destroyer Escort in the Pacific and a lot of (more)