Samuel Anders "Sam" Sorenson
CENTENARIAN | VETERAN
1916 - 2018
Early Life: Sam was born May 20, 1916, in his grandparents' home in Holden, Utah, to Andrew Christian Sorensen and Martha Elizabeth Bennett Sorenson. He lived in Delta, Utah, until around 1929. His family then moved to Springville, Utah, where he graduated from high school.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: Sam attended Brigham Young University, where he graduated in speech and drama in 1938.
He joined the United States Navy in March 1941 and served throughout World War II commanding combat photo unit No. 9 in the South Pacific. He served under both Admiral Chester Nimitz and Admiral William Halsey. Many of his photos were used not only during the war but after the war and are archived throughout the United States. Sam was discharged from active service in January 1946, but remained in the active Navy Reserve until 1967. After the war, he returned to BYU to work on a graduate degree. There he met Edith "Jean" Anderson, whom he married in 1949. Beginning in the early 1950s, he worked for the Navy as a civilian at the Naval Training Devices Center in New York, and later, for the Army at the Deseret Test Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Following his wife, Jean's, death in 2000, Sam married Blanche Broadhead Evans, whom he had known in college before the war. They were married from 2001 until her death in 2005. In 2007, he moved to Fredericksburg, Texas, to be close to where Admiral Nimitz, whom he had known personally during the war, grew up and was honored. He was extremely active at the Nimitz Museum as well as with the Navy League. He continued to be enormously proud of his military service throughout his life. Sam was also an active member of the Fredericksburg Branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. World War II veteran, Samuel Anders "Sam" Sorenson, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, March 10, 2018, of cancer. He was 101 years old.
Survived By: His sons: Anders (Lynette), Eric (Anita), Grant (Laura), Robert (Lisa), James (Julia); as well as 20 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Preceded In Death By: His wives; his parents; and siblings: Kimball, Woodrow, Inger (Vernon Nuttall), Mary Annena and Dawna (Arvil Banks).
Service: National Museum of the Pacific War
Service: Berg Drawing Room Chapel
Interment: Provo City Cemetery
Obituary: © 2018 | Berg Mortuary
Bio Compiled By: Annie Duckett Hundley
CENTENARIAN | VETERAN
1916 - 2018
Early Life: Sam was born May 20, 1916, in his grandparents' home in Holden, Utah, to Andrew Christian Sorensen and Martha Elizabeth Bennett Sorenson. He lived in Delta, Utah, until around 1929. His family then moved to Springville, Utah, where he graduated from high school.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: Sam attended Brigham Young University, where he graduated in speech and drama in 1938.
He joined the United States Navy in March 1941 and served throughout World War II commanding combat photo unit No. 9 in the South Pacific. He served under both Admiral Chester Nimitz and Admiral William Halsey. Many of his photos were used not only during the war but after the war and are archived throughout the United States. Sam was discharged from active service in January 1946, but remained in the active Navy Reserve until 1967. After the war, he returned to BYU to work on a graduate degree. There he met Edith "Jean" Anderson, whom he married in 1949. Beginning in the early 1950s, he worked for the Navy as a civilian at the Naval Training Devices Center in New York, and later, for the Army at the Deseret Test Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Following his wife, Jean's, death in 2000, Sam married Blanche Broadhead Evans, whom he had known in college before the war. They were married from 2001 until her death in 2005. In 2007, he moved to Fredericksburg, Texas, to be close to where Admiral Nimitz, whom he had known personally during the war, grew up and was honored. He was extremely active at the Nimitz Museum as well as with the Navy League. He continued to be enormously proud of his military service throughout his life. Sam was also an active member of the Fredericksburg Branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. World War II veteran, Samuel Anders "Sam" Sorenson, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, March 10, 2018, of cancer. He was 101 years old.
Survived By: His sons: Anders (Lynette), Eric (Anita), Grant (Laura), Robert (Lisa), James (Julia); as well as 20 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Preceded In Death By: His wives; his parents; and siblings: Kimball, Woodrow, Inger (Vernon Nuttall), Mary Annena and Dawna (Arvil Banks).
Service: National Museum of the Pacific War
Service: Berg Drawing Room Chapel
Interment: Provo City Cemetery
Obituary: © 2018 | Berg Mortuary
Bio Compiled By: Annie Duckett Hundley
Samuel Anders "Sam" Sorenson
CENTENARIAN | VETERAN
1916 - 2018
Early Life: Sam was born May 20, 1916, in his grandparents' home in Holden, Utah, to Andrew Christian Sorensen and Martha Elizabeth Bennett Sorenson. He lived in Delta, Utah, until around 1929. His family then moved to Springville, Utah, where he graduated from high school.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: Sam attended Brigham Young University, where he graduated in speech and drama in 1938.
He joined the United States Navy in March 1941 and served throughout World War II commanding combat photo unit No. 9 in the South Pacific. He served under both Admiral Chester Nimitz and Admiral William Halsey. Many of his photos were used not only during the war but after the war and are archived throughout the United States. Sam was discharged from active service in January 1946, but remained in the active Navy Reserve until 1967. After the war, he returned to BYU to work on a graduate degree. There he met Edith "Jean" Anderson, whom he married in 1949. Beginning in the early 1950s, he worked for the Navy as a civilian at the Naval Training Devices Center in New York, and later, for the Army at the Deseret Test Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Following his wife, Jean's, death in 2000, Sam married Blanche Broadhead Evans, whom he had known in college before the war. They were married from 2001 until her death in 2005. In 2007, he moved to Fredericksburg, Texas, to be close to where Admiral Nimitz, whom he had known personally during the war, grew up and was honored. He was extremely active at the Nimitz Museum as well as with the Navy League. He continued to be enormously proud of his military service throughout his life. Sam was also an active member of the Fredericksburg Branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. World War II veteran, Samuel Anders "Sam" Sorenson, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, March 10, 2018, of cancer. He was 101 years old.
Survived By: His sons: Anders (Lynette), Eric (Anita), Grant (Laura), Robert (Lisa), James (Julia); as well as 20 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Preceded In Death By: His wives; his parents; and siblings: Kimball, Woodrow, Inger (Vernon Nuttall), Mary Annena and Dawna (Arvil Banks).
Service: National Museum of the Pacific War
Service: Berg Drawing Room Chapel
Interment: Provo City Cemetery
Obituary: © 2018 | Berg Mortuary
Bio Compiled By: Annie Duckett Hundley
CENTENARIAN | VETERAN
1916 - 2018
Early Life: Sam was born May 20, 1916, in his grandparents' home in Holden, Utah, to Andrew Christian Sorensen and Martha Elizabeth Bennett Sorenson. He lived in Delta, Utah, until around 1929. His family then moved to Springville, Utah, where he graduated from high school.
Life's Work | Service | Interests: Sam attended Brigham Young University, where he graduated in speech and drama in 1938.
He joined the United States Navy in March 1941 and served throughout World War II commanding combat photo unit No. 9 in the South Pacific. He served under both Admiral Chester Nimitz and Admiral William Halsey. Many of his photos were used not only during the war but after the war and are archived throughout the United States. Sam was discharged from active service in January 1946, but remained in the active Navy Reserve until 1967. After the war, he returned to BYU to work on a graduate degree. There he met Edith "Jean" Anderson, whom he married in 1949. Beginning in the early 1950s, he worked for the Navy as a civilian at the Naval Training Devices Center in New York, and later, for the Army at the Deseret Test Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Following his wife, Jean's, death in 2000, Sam married Blanche Broadhead Evans, whom he had known in college before the war. They were married from 2001 until her death in 2005. In 2007, he moved to Fredericksburg, Texas, to be close to where Admiral Nimitz, whom he had known personally during the war, grew up and was honored. He was extremely active at the Nimitz Museum as well as with the Navy League. He continued to be enormously proud of his military service throughout his life. Sam was also an active member of the Fredericksburg Branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. World War II veteran, Samuel Anders "Sam" Sorenson, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, March 10, 2018, of cancer. He was 101 years old.
Survived By: His sons: Anders (Lynette), Eric (Anita), Grant (Laura), Robert (Lisa), James (Julia); as well as 20 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Preceded In Death By: His wives; his parents; and siblings: Kimball, Woodrow, Inger (Vernon Nuttall), Mary Annena and Dawna (Arvil Banks).
Service: National Museum of the Pacific War
Service: Berg Drawing Room Chapel
Interment: Provo City Cemetery
Obituary: © 2018 | Berg Mortuary
Bio Compiled By: Annie Duckett Hundley
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