Doris Jorgenson, 88, Chandler, Ariz., formerly of Hills, died Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2003, following a long illness. Memorial services and burial were Wednesday, Jan. 7, at Lakewood Cemetery and Lakewood Memorial Mausoleum in Minneapolis.Doris Rogness was born to Andrew and Helen Rogness on Jan. 25, 1915, in Hills. She grew up in the farming community of Hills. She was teacher in country schools. She married Dale Jorgenson of Jasper in June 1939. Upon the accidental death in 1947 of her sister, Ethel, she took care of Ethel’s two young daughters, raising them as their own. They retired from farming and moved to Chandler, Ariz.Mrs. Jorgenson was an artist, a painter, skilled with needlework and a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Dale Jorgenson, Chandler; two nieces, Gayle McDermott, Burnsville, and Patricia Van Cleave, Sierra Madre, Calif.; her nieces’ four children; one grandchild; two sisters, Millie Suhl, Minneapolis, and Irene Ransdell, Alta Loma, Calif.; and 18 nieces and nephews. Tempe Mortuary handled the arrangements.
