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BORN
1937
DIED
2015
Ronald Sorensen Obituary
Ronald E. Sorensen passed away September 13, 2015 with his wife and family close by. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah at the Holy Cross Hospital on Tuesday, November 2, 1937. He was welcomed in to the family of his father George Arthur Sorensen and mother Lillian Ena (Staines) Sorensen.
He was preceded in the family by three older brothers: Richard (1928), Frederick (1930 - 1980) and Alan (1931 -2001). His family lived in the Avenues until he turned ten when the family built a home near the Salt Lake Country Club out on the fringe of southeast Salt Lake and lived most of his life there until his passing.
In the twenty sixth year of his life, 1965, he married the love of his life, Karon Marie Arbon in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June the 9th 2015. They were blessed with 5 children; Mark, Julie, Michael (Lisa), Pamela (Justin), and Nancy; 13 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild. Ron was preceded in death by his parents and 2 of his brothers, Fred and Alan, and son in law, Max Shumway.
A service will be held Monday, September 21st at the Parleys First Ward Chapel, located at 2350 South 2100 East, SLC at 11:00 AM. Family visitations will be Sunday, September 20th at Larkin Sunset Lawn at 2350 East 1300 South from 6:00 to 8:00 PM and on the day of the service from 9:30 to 10:45 AM.
In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation or The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund.
Condolences can be shared with the family at - larkinmortuary.com.
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Marilyn Pack
September 20, 2015
Dear Sorensen Family,
We send our love to you, and we know you have been
blessed with all of the years you shared together.
Karon, we know you will be with Ron again forever, and this is a wonderful comforting knowledge for you and your family. Our thoughts are with you.
Marilyn and Mark Pack
September 19, 2015
Dear Karon and children.
We love you dearly...you and Ron were some of our closest friends and an inspiration to know and associate with !!He was a man and leader of love and integrity and our service in the Bishopric of the Holiday 17th ward was one of great memories of our life. He dearly loved his family...had a wonderful smile and laugh. We are so blessed to have shared our lives with Ron and Karon.
Our love and prayers are with you with the loss of this great man.
Scott and Susan Whipple
Ron & Gorgee @ Lake Tahoe circa 1942
Carol & Don Kenyon
September 18, 2015
Dear Karon and Family, Our thoughts and prayers are with you as you are consumed by grief at the passing of Dear Ron. Look forward to a lifetime of wonderful memories going back over 50 years. Those memories are what dreams are made of.
Love and blessings to you all. We will see you on Sunday.
Gorgee and Don
Gorgee Kenyon
September 18, 2015
Our thoughts and prayers are with you Karon and all the family as you are overcome with sorry but filled to the brim with all the wonderful memories you all have shared the past 50 years.
We are with you inspirit and will see you on Sunday.
Much love and many blessing, Gorgee and Don
Wonderful Ron!
Sue Duncan
September 18, 2015
The triplets
Sue Duncan
September 18, 2015
Fun at Metcalf with Karon, Ron and Nancy
Sue Duncan
September 18, 2015
Funny sense of humor.
Sue Duncan
September 18, 2015
Ron and Karon in their Metcalf days. So happy together.
Sue Duncan
September 18, 2015
September 18, 2015
I'm praying for you, Nancy, and am grateful for your friendship.
Marsha Davis
September 16, 2015
Dear Pam's family;
I am so saddened by your loss and hope that as you hold one another close during this time of grief you will remember the best of each day shared with your husband, dad, grandfather and great-grandfather. Life is so precious and so short and based on my experience with his incredible daughter Pam, I am so certain he was a man I would have loved to know. My prayers, thoughts and best wishes are with you during this very difficult time. I know he is smiling at all the love and care you have always given him. God Bless each of you.
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