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Elin Sorensen Obituary

SORENSEN, Elin C. Elin C. Sorensen, age 74, quietly passed away on 24 Sept. 2017. With a BS & MS in Sociology and an MSW she retired from the US Army in 1993 as a Social Worker. She spent time in 20 countries as well as the USA, Germany and Japan. She had a life-long love of Texas. Elin was preceded in death by her mother and father and is survived by her brother, husband, son, daughter and 5 WONDERFUL grandchildren. Elin was married in the Salt Lake Temple on 6 Sept. 1968. We're comforted by the sweet memories of this angel who brightened our lives. We'll miss her but are born up by the assurance that we'll see her again. Funeral service will be at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, October 4, 2017 at Cook Walden Funeral Home, 6100 North Lamar Blvd, Austin, Texas 78752. Interment will follow at 1:45 PM in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas. To share condolences with the family, please visit www.cookwaldenfuneralhome.com

Published by Austin American-Statesman on Oct. 1, 2017.
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