PROVIDENCE, UT. Our loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, friend, and master teacher, Allen Rawlins Jorgensen, 67, passed away suddenly at home in Providence, Utah 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 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 37½ 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 and 7/9 grandchildren; sisters, Ruth (James) Hamblin, Roosevelt, and Donna Mae (Bob) Hurst, Brigham City; in-laws, Joan, Mel, Jim, and Mary Jane; and nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov 9, at Cobblestone Providence 1st Ward chapel, 420 West 100 North, Providence, Utah. A viewing will be held Monday, Nov 8, from 6-8 p.m. at the Allen-Hall Mortuary, 34 East Center, Logan, Utah, and at 10 a.m. at the ward. Interment at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park in Salt Lake City.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune on 11/7/2004.