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Mary Ellen <I>Johnson</I> Sorensen

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Mary Ellen Johnson Sorensen

Birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
26 Sep 2014 (aged 93)
Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Mary Ellen Sorensen, 93, of Moline, longtime resident of Chicago, passed away Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, at UnityPoint Health–Trinity Rock Island.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Moline. Visitation is Tuesday from 9 to 9:30 a.m. at DeRoo Funeral Home, Moline. Burial will be at Rock Island National Cemetery, Arsenal Island. Memorials may be given to Sacred Heart Church.

Mary Ellen was born April 23, 1921, in Chicago, the daughter of Bernard and Marie Bookland Johnson.

She married Alfred R. Sorensen on Sept. 27, 1949, in Chicago. He preceded her in death on Nov. 16, 2006.

She enjoyed quilting and making porcelain dolls. Mary Ellen enjoyed traveling in Europe.

Mary Ellen was employed as a bookkeeper at Hershey Co., Chicago, retiring in 1986.

She is survived by her grandchildren, Peggy Hubbard, Jason Sorensen and Shellie (Jesse) Sorensen-Wonsowski; great-grandchildren, Destiny, Dakota, Nicholas and Elizabeth. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and son, Alfred.
(Rock Island Argus)
Mary Ellen Sorensen, 93, of Moline, longtime resident of Chicago, passed away Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, at UnityPoint Health–Trinity Rock Island.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 30, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Moline. Visitation is Tuesday from 9 to 9:30 a.m. at DeRoo Funeral Home, Moline. Burial will be at Rock Island National Cemetery, Arsenal Island. Memorials may be given to Sacred Heart Church.

Mary Ellen was born April 23, 1921, in Chicago, the daughter of Bernard and Marie Bookland Johnson.

She married Alfred R. Sorensen on Sept. 27, 1949, in Chicago. He preceded her in death on Nov. 16, 2006.

She enjoyed quilting and making porcelain dolls. Mary Ellen enjoyed traveling in Europe.

Mary Ellen was employed as a bookkeeper at Hershey Co., Chicago, retiring in 1986.

She is survived by her grandchildren, Peggy Hubbard, Jason Sorensen and Shellie (Jesse) Sorensen-Wonsowski; great-grandchildren, Destiny, Dakota, Nicholas and Elizabeth. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and son, Alfred.
(Rock Island Argus)


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  • Created by: Paul Mack
  • Added: Sep 28, 2014
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136548037/mary_ellen-sorensen: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Ellen Johnson Sorensen (23 Apr 1921–26 Sep 2014), Find a Grave Memorial ID 136548037, citing Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Paul Mack (contributor 47145486).