Wendell Hughes Sorensen was born on Aug. 18, 1918, in Mendon, Utah, to Alma N. & Lavinia Hughes Sorensen. His mother died of brain cancer when he was just two years old, and he moved as a boy to Logan, where he was lovingly raised by his new mother, Mary Carlisle Sorensen, as the oldest child in a large and talented family.
He attended local schools and graduated in 1936 from Logan High School. He received his bachelor's degree in business administration at Utah State Agricultural College (USU) in 1940.
After marriage to his college sweetheart, Nora Lou Allen, he joined the US Army as a commissioned officer in 1940. He spent the next 5 years in the Army Artillery and participated in two of the most important battles of World War II: the invasion of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge. He rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel and in the last months of the war, was appointed as the civil and military commander of a region in northern France.
After returning to the US, he relocated to California, where he worked as a writer and editor at The San Francisco Examiner and later as advertising manager of The Richmond Independent, The Berkeley Gazette and The Richmond Transcript. After his retirement, he served as president of several civic clubs including the Richmond Lions Club, and worked for many years as a volunteer in local area hospitals.
Throughout his life he was a man of great personal courage and devotion to hard work. In the last year of his life, he was still walking several miles every day and swimming in the early mornings at the YMCA.
He passed away on Jan. 20, 2006, at his home in Richmond, California, after a short illness.
He is survived by his sons, David (Valerie) Sorensen, of Honolulu, Hawaii and Peter (Judee) Sorensen of Virginia City, Nevada; and a grandson, Timothy. He is also survived by 3 brothers, Robert N. Sorensen, of McKinney, Texas, Philip E. Sorensen, of Tallahassee, Florida, and John Mark Sorensen, of Salt Lake City, Utah.
He was preceded in death by his wife; two brothers, David Carlisle Sorensen and Walter Carlisle Barber; and two sisters, Anne S. Johnson and Mary Jean Nelson.
He had recently joined his 3 surviving brothers in establishing a memorial study room in the Merrill-Cazier Library at USU, honoring their father, Alma N. Sorensen, a distinguished professor of English at USAC from 1926-1947.
A memorial service will be held later. He will be buried together with his wife in the Logan City Cemetery.
He attended local schools and graduated in 1936 from Logan High School. He received his bachelor's degree in business administration at Utah State Agricultural College (USU) in 1940.
After marriage to his college sweetheart, Nora Lou Allen, he joined the US Army as a commissioned officer in 1940. He spent the next 5 years in the Army Artillery and participated in two of the most important battles of World War II: the invasion of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge. He rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel and in the last months of the war, was appointed as the civil and military commander of a region in northern France.
After returning to the US, he relocated to California, where he worked as a writer and editor at The San Francisco Examiner and later as advertising manager of The Richmond Independent, The Berkeley Gazette and The Richmond Transcript. After his retirement, he served as president of several civic clubs including the Richmond Lions Club, and worked for many years as a volunteer in local area hospitals.
Throughout his life he was a man of great personal courage and devotion to hard work. In the last year of his life, he was still walking several miles every day and swimming in the early mornings at the YMCA.
He passed away on Jan. 20, 2006, at his home in Richmond, California, after a short illness.
He is survived by his sons, David (Valerie) Sorensen, of Honolulu, Hawaii and Peter (Judee) Sorensen of Virginia City, Nevada; and a grandson, Timothy. He is also survived by 3 brothers, Robert N. Sorensen, of McKinney, Texas, Philip E. Sorensen, of Tallahassee, Florida, and John Mark Sorensen, of Salt Lake City, Utah.
He was preceded in death by his wife; two brothers, David Carlisle Sorensen and Walter Carlisle Barber; and two sisters, Anne S. Johnson and Mary Jean Nelson.
He had recently joined his 3 surviving brothers in establishing a memorial study room in the Merrill-Cazier Library at USU, honoring their father, Alma N. Sorensen, a distinguished professor of English at USAC from 1926-1947.
A memorial service will be held later. He will be buried together with his wife in the Logan City Cemetery.
Wendell Hughes Sorensen was born on Aug. 18, 1918, in Mendon, Utah, to Alma N. & Lavinia Hughes Sorensen. His mother died of brain cancer when he was just two years old, and he moved as a boy to Logan, where he was lovingly raised by his new mother, Mary Carlisle Sorensen, as the oldest child in a large and talented family.
He attended local schools and graduated in 1936 from Logan High School. He received his bachelor's degree in business administration at Utah State Agricultural College (USU) in 1940.
After marriage to his college sweetheart, Nora Lou Allen, he joined the US Army as a commissioned officer in 1940. He spent the next 5 years in the Army Artillery and participated in two of the most important battles of World War II: the invasion of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge. He rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel and in the last months of the war, was appointed as the civil and military commander of a region in northern France.
After returning to the US, he relocated to California, where he worked as a writer and editor at The San Francisco Examiner and later as advertising manager of The Richmond Independent, The Berkeley Gazette and The Richmond Transcript. After his retirement, he served as president of several civic clubs including the Richmond Lions Club, and worked for many years as a volunteer in local area hospitals.
Throughout his life he was a man of great personal courage and devotion to hard work. In the last year of his life, he was still walking several miles every day and swimming in the early mornings at the YMCA.
He passed away on Jan. 20, 2006, at his home in Richmond, California, after a short illness.
He is survived by his sons, David (Valerie) Sorensen, of Honolulu, Hawaii and Peter (Judee) Sorensen of Virginia City, Nevada; and a grandson, Timothy. He is also survived by 3 brothers, Robert N. Sorensen, of McKinney, Texas, Philip E. Sorensen, of Tallahassee, Florida, and John Mark Sorensen, of Salt Lake City, Utah.
He was preceded in death by his wife; two brothers, David Carlisle Sorensen and Walter Carlisle Barber; and two sisters, Anne S. Johnson and Mary Jean Nelson.
He had recently joined his 3 surviving brothers in establishing a memorial study room in the Merrill-Cazier Library at USU, honoring their father, Alma N. Sorensen, a distinguished professor of English at USAC from 1926-1947.
A memorial service will be held later. He will be buried together with his wife in the Logan City Cemetery.
He attended local schools and graduated in 1936 from Logan High School. He received his bachelor's degree in business administration at Utah State Agricultural College (USU) in 1940.
After marriage to his college sweetheart, Nora Lou Allen, he joined the US Army as a commissioned officer in 1940. He spent the next 5 years in the Army Artillery and participated in two of the most important battles of World War II: the invasion of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge. He rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel and in the last months of the war, was appointed as the civil and military commander of a region in northern France.
After returning to the US, he relocated to California, where he worked as a writer and editor at The San Francisco Examiner and later as advertising manager of The Richmond Independent, The Berkeley Gazette and The Richmond Transcript. After his retirement, he served as president of several civic clubs including the Richmond Lions Club, and worked for many years as a volunteer in local area hospitals.
Throughout his life he was a man of great personal courage and devotion to hard work. In the last year of his life, he was still walking several miles every day and swimming in the early mornings at the YMCA.
He passed away on Jan. 20, 2006, at his home in Richmond, California, after a short illness.
He is survived by his sons, David (Valerie) Sorensen, of Honolulu, Hawaii and Peter (Judee) Sorensen of Virginia City, Nevada; and a grandson, Timothy. He is also survived by 3 brothers, Robert N. Sorensen, of McKinney, Texas, Philip E. Sorensen, of Tallahassee, Florida, and John Mark Sorensen, of Salt Lake City, Utah.
He was preceded in death by his wife; two brothers, David Carlisle Sorensen and Walter Carlisle Barber; and two sisters, Anne S. Johnson and Mary Jean Nelson.
He had recently joined his 3 surviving brothers in establishing a memorial study room in the Merrill-Cazier Library at USU, honoring their father, Alma N. Sorensen, a distinguished professor of English at USAC from 1926-1947.
A memorial service will be held later. He will be buried together with his wife in the Logan City Cemetery.
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