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Harold Wayne Jurgensen

17 Dec 1933 – 8 Aug 2007

Birth17 Dec 1933
Death8 Aug 2007
CemeteryCherokee Cemetery
Cherokee , Crawford County , Kansas , USA
Added byDon on 01 Jan 2008
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30572442

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SP4 US Army Korea Harold Wayne Jurgensen December 17, 1933 ~ August 8, 2007 Harold Wayne Jurgensen, 73, of Grove, Okla., died Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007, at home. Family will gather for private graveside services at the Cherokee City Cemetery, with his son, Larry A. Jurgensen, officiating. Friends may pay their respects Thursday at their convenience at Bath-Naylor Funeral Home in Weir, Kan. Mr. Jurgensen was born Dec. 17, 1933, at Burwell to Harley A. and Emma (Krish) Jurgensen. Survivors of the immediate family include his wife, Verna; and their family: Tom and Sherry (Jurgensen) Hoopingarner and their children, Steven and Kaitlyn, also Bill and Amber (Shackelford) Boucher, all of Sioux City, Iowa; Gary Jurgensen of Purdy, Mo., and his children, Shawn Jurgensen, Topeka, Kan., and Randi Jo Jurgensen of Pittsburg, Kan.; Ralph and Mary Ann (Jurgensen) Ulery and their children, Whitney and Toby, Scammon, Kan.; Larry and Judy Jurgensen of Uniontown, and their four daughters, Nathan and Heather (Jurgensen) Russell of Fort Scott, Kan., Holly, Hillary and Hope Jurgensen, all of Uniontown. He was one of three children born to his parents. When he was 12, his mother passed away in 1945. His father married Leona Gillespie and to this union five children were born. Harold leaves behind four brothers and two sisters, Kenneth Jurgensen of Burwell, Dorothy (Jurgensen) Brockman of Burwell, Jerold Jurgensen of Gibbon, Ronald Jurgensen of Kearney, Roland Jurgensen of Burwell and Sheryl (Jurgensen) Holt of Calloway. He was preceded in death by his brother, Harley E. Jurgensen. Harold graduated from Burwell High School in 1952 as Valedictorian of his class. He farmed with his father until he was 21 years old. In 1955, he went to work for telephone construction. In 1956 and 1957, he served two years in the U.S. Army. In 1957, he married Verna Jean Plock in Great Bend, N.Y. To this union were born two sons and two daughters. After his Army service, he returned to telephone construction. In 1961, Craw-Kan Telephone Co-op became his employer until he retired in 1990. He then enjoyed six years working in a woodcraft shop in his little barn. It was during this time that he made the new altar for the Methodist church in Cherokee, Kan. In 1996, he sold his shop machines and the last of his woodcrafts and moved to Grove, Okla. Harold loved to fish all his life. Their farm was on the North Loup River in Nebraska, very handy for his line and hook to drop into. At Grove, he could go out the back door to the lake any time of the day and cast for a fish. Fun and relaxation for Harold were the times he spent with friends and family playing cards, visiting and traveling all over the U.S., even making a Farm Tour trip to Europe. He knew no strangers. He was a KU basketball fan and watched sports on TV until the end. Country Western music was played by Harold even while he slept. In lieu of flowers, the family ask expressions of sympathy be in the form of memorials to the Good Shepherd Hospice of Grove Oklahoma. [Source: The Grand Island Independent; Grand Island, Nebraska; August 9, 2007] Contributor: Karl (49524310), who also sent links and edits for this page. ∼ Son of Harley A. & Emma (Krish) Jurgensen. Married to Verna Jean Plock in 1957 at Great Bend, N.Y. US Army - 1956/1957

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