Kaye H. Sorenson

ALBANY Kaye H. Sorenson, 95, died Saturday, July 3, 2004 at the Teresian House. Born in Frederiksvaerk, Denmark, he was the son of the late Lauritz and Olga Christensen Sorenson. Mr. Sorenson arrived in the United States through Ellis Island when he was 14 years old and eventually settled in Albany, where he attended Albany Public Schools. He worked as a chauffer and as a waiter at the former Ten Eyck Hotel and Keeler's. Mr. Sorenson was a Navy veteran of World War II. In 1940, Mr. Sorenson became a member of the Albany Police Force and was assigned to the old 5th Precinct on Central Avenue and later assigned to the 4th Precinct at Madison Avenue and Lark Street. In May of 1948, he became a detective, promoted to Sergeant in 1956, Lieutenant in 1958 and Captain in 1969. He retired from the Police Dept. in 1978. After retiring from the police force, he worked as an investigator for the public defender's office for 12 years. Captain Sorenson was a Free Mason since 1974 and received the Dedication Award in 1991. He was a member of the Ancient Temple Lodge #14, Cyprus Shrine, the Royal Order of Jesters and other Masonic bodies. He was a past president of Lodge #190 H.C. Orsted, of the Danish Brotherhood in America, where he had been a member for over 25 years. He was also a member of the Retired Men's Fraternity, the Grump Club, the American Legion Ambrose Scully Post #1019, AARP Fort Orange Group and for over 40 years the Albany Elks BPOE #49. Husband of the late Elizabeth Fyvie Sorenson, who died in 1935 and Mildred Bellville Sorenson, who died in 1973. Father of Elizabeth Bette Richardson of Burlington, Vt. and Geraldine Haley of Hollis, N.H. and the late Kaye W. Sorenson, who died in 1997; brother of Rigmor Larsen of Denmark and the late Thorkild Sorenson; father-in-law of Joyce Sorenson of Colonie; dear friend of Nathalie Cross of Albany; also survived by nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held on Friday at 1 p.m. in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 21 Hackett Blvd., Albany. Relatives and friends are invited and may also call at the Daniel Keenan Funeral Home, 490 Delaware Avenue on Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. Interment Graceland Cemetery. Those who wish, may send contributions, in memory of Mr. Sorenson, to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, 516 Carew Street, Springfield, MA 01104 or to PAL-Police Athletic League, 165 Henry Johnson Blvd., Albany, NY 12210 or the American Cancer Society, 260 Osborne Road, Loudonville, NY 12211.