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Carol Ann Jorgensen was born November 7, 1930, in Pepin County near Durand, Wisconsin, to Clarence and Donna Hoover. She passed away September 17, 2022, in Wenatchee, Washington after suffering a stroke. Carol is survived by her husband Carl Jorgensen, with whom she enjoyed 16 years of marriage after both of their mates passed away. She is also survived by her son David and his wife Lauri Jorgensen, and her daughter Rose Marie and husband Phill Eades, as well as her husband’s sons, Terry and his wife Pam Jorgensen, Chris and his wife Bev Jorgensen, Andrew and his wife Terry Kaye Jorgensen, and his daughter Karen and her husband Paul Boghokian. Her first husband, Ernest Jorgensen and her oldest son Bernard Jorgensen preceded her in death, as well as her brother Clarence Jr and her sister Lenore Hoover. She is survived by four brothers, Donald, Roger, Dan and Jerry Hoover. She cherished her granddaughters Tasha and Jennica and Jennica’s two children McKenzie and Carter, her grandson Tyler and his wife Britty–and their two children Addy and Slater, and her grandchildren Abby, Elliot and Isabelle. She also loved Carl’s grandchildren and great grandchildren very much. Her first move came when her parent’s first house in Wisconsin burned, so they moved to Tolfree in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. They lived in a shack and at a relative’s place while they cleared the first 20 acres. Later her dad built a 2-story tar-paper house on 40 acres. When she was nine years old, she professed after two servants of God came to the area preaching the gospel, and her mother professed to serve God. They would have meetings in their home, often just the children and her mother Donna who had a monotone voice, so Carol would lead the singing at a young age often to the tune of “On top of old Smokey.” At 12 years old, Carol sometimes cooked for the threshing crew, when her mother was working in the field, so she learned to get a meal together for a large group of people. She started school early at four years old, then skipped a grade when the teacher condensed the grades in the Tolfree schoolhouse, graduating at 16 years old in 1947 from Ontonagon High School. Her first job was as a nurse’s aide at Ontonagon Hospital. Soon she moved to Spokane where her grandmother lived and found an office job at a stationary and printing store in Spokane. When her good friend Emily Munn was hired at the Hanford Project in Richland, Carol applied and worked in the Payroll department. She married Ernest Jorgensen on October 8, 1953. They lived in Grandview for five years where Bernard and David were born. When David was three, they bought farmland and planted a cherry orchard. Eventually they sold the orchard and purchased 22 acres on the Yakima River in Prosser, where they built a house and stayed about 29 years, adding a daughter Rose Marie in 1967. Carol took care of her mother-in-law Anna for eight years, until she passed away in 1969. In about 1987, with Ernest increasingly debilitated due to Parkinson’s disease, Carol moved to a home in Yakima not far from her son David. She cared for Ernest until he passed on April 7, 1991. It wasn’t long before her mother Donna needed some care and came to live with Carol for 10 years until she passed away. She and her mom enjoyed a number of trips together. Four years after Donna’s death, Carol became engaged to her husband’s brother Carl, after his wife Ada Mary passed away. Carl popped the question when he and Carol were canning applesauce together. Carol married Carl on April 7, 2006. An unusual beginning, their wedding took place suddenly in the ICU at the Wenatchee Hospital. This was so Carl’s dying sister Alice could witness the union of two people she loved. A beautiful 16 years of loving and caring for each other and others has followed, along with lots of canning applesauce and making jam. Carol loved everyone and extended hospitality to all. She counted it a privilege to have fellowship meetings in her homes in Prosser, Yakima and Wenatchee. Carol’s children would like to especially thank Karen and Paul Boghokian, who live near Wenatchee, for their increasing care of Carol and Carl, especially in the last couple years, as well as neighbors and dear friends who created a network of support.

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Carol A. Jorgensen

November 7, 1930 - September 17, 2022