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View Tree for Leslie B. JorgensenLeslie B. Jorgensen (b. Jan 1900, d. 17 Oct 1938)


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Leslie B. Jorgensen (son of Emil Jan Jorgensen and Maren (Mary) Clementsen) was born Jan 1900 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and died 17 Oct 1938 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. He married June Brightman.

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Leslie Jorgensen was 38 years old when he died at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital after being struck by a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy passenger train at 7:37 a.m. The accident happened about 200 feet south of the 21st Ave crossing. He was taken to the hospital by ambulance. An air-brake inspector on the great Western Railroad, he was walking to work between two tracks when struck. Hearing the train's whistle, he attempted to jump to the side of the track and let it pass, but leaped in the wrong direction into the path of the engine. He was prominent in civic affairs and was a world war veteran, serving with the 104th Engineers of the 29th division in France for one year. He was a member of the Railway Carmen's union, a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and a member of the American Legion.

Funeral services were held at Beem-Belford Funeral Home. During the services a guard of honor was stationed. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post conducted military services at the grave. A firing squad was furnished by Service company, 168th infantry, Iowa National Guard. Burial was in Cedar Lawn Cemetery.

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Burial: Oct 1938, Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Children of Leslie B. Jorgensen and June Brightman are:
  1. Barbara Jorgensen.
  2. +Alice Rosland Jorgensen, b. 13 Jul 1925, Council Bluffs, Iowa, d. 22 Sep 1995, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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