02454cam a2200313 4500 443322900 TxAuBib 20100914120000.0 000000|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u TxAuBib Lilly Jorgensen Sorensen. 6 packets. Hans Chr. Jorgensen (1881-1966) was born in Langsted, Denmark. He became a carpenter and in 1904 he married Rosa Charlotte Johanne Schultz (1880-1965). The Jorgensen family immigrated to Lincoln, Nebraska in 1910. He farmed in Hampton, Nebraska (1911-1916) and in Sidney, Montana (1916-1920). He moved to California in 1920. He established the Jorgensen Funeral Home in Fowler, California, where he also retired. The Jorgensens had 4 daughters: Edna Kirstine Frederikke (1905-1985), Ruth Inger (1907-1981), Lilly Helene (1912-2003) and Agnes Ethel (1914-) Ruth Inger Jorgensen (1907-1981) was born in Aarhus, Denmark. She granduated from Highland College of Nursing in Oakland, California in 1935 and finished her B.A. in Nursing Education at the University of California at Berkeley in 1943. Ruth Inger Jorgensen served in the Army Nurse Corps during and after World War II. She attained the rank of Major. She was awarded a World War II Victory Medal and an American Campaign Medal. After she left the Army, she was the Director of Nursing Service at Fresno General Hospital and later the General Director of the California League for Nursing. This box contains information on the life of Ruth Inger Jorgensen, including vita, photographs, clippings certificates, notebook with poetry, personal address book and birthday book and memorabilia such as a service flag and childhood silhouette. 20111129. SEE ALSO OSD-2015 Box 2 for 4 oversize documents for Ruth Jorgensen. They are a confirmation certificate, a graduation certicate from grammar school, a B.S. in nursing and a M.A. from Columbia University. Jorgensen, Hans Chr 1881-1966 Finance, personal. Jorgensen, Ruth Inger 1907-1981. Silhouettes. Birthday books. World War, 1939-1945 Participation, Female nurses Correspondence. World War, 1939-1945 Women United States. Nurses. Travel Germany. Fresno (Calif.) Fowler (Calif.)