Hometown: Onslow, Iowa August 11, 1923 - October 21, 2015

Helen Arline Jorgensen, 92, of Onslow, Iowa passed away Wednesday, October 21. Visitation will be Friday, October 23 from 4 to 7 PM at the Lahey Funeral Home in Wyoming, Iowa. The funeral services will be held Saturday October 24, at 10:30 AM at the Calvary Baptist Church in Onslow, Iowa, followed by the burial at the Wyoming Cemetery. A luncheon will be held at the Onslow Community Center. Helen was born in Harlan, Iowa on August 11, 1923 to Christian Miller and Myrtle Nelson. She completed 12 years of schooling and married Kenneth D. Jorgensen on April 4, 1943, in Omaha Nebraska. She worked as a homemaker, and was an owner and operator of Onslow Grocery Store. She also worked for Big Bills Feed and Fertilizer, as well as Dekalb feeds. She was a member of Calvary Baptist church, serving also as a Sunday school teacher, the superintendent, and church secretary. She was married to her sweetheart, Kenneth, for 62 years. Together they loved and raised four (exceptional!) children, Linda, Tom, John, and Jim. They watched their family grow to include their children's spouses, eight grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and ten step-great grandchildren. Helen was a beautiful women of great determination, dedication and hard work. She was a giving person who had an amazing passion for helping and serving others. Her love was as abundant as her energy. She was a faithful follower of Jesus Christ whom she served in many ways, both known and unknown, to those she ministered to. She never backed away from an opportunity to share her faith with those around her. In spite of her slowly deteriorating condition her attitude was relentlessly positive. She never gave up trying to get better and now she truly is "better" as she has completed her 92 year journey to Jesus. Hers was a life well lived. Helen is survived by her children, Lee (Linda) Swenson, Orem, Utah. Tom (Laurie) Jorgensen, Kansas City, Kansas, John (Linda) Jorgensen, Clinton, Iowa, and Jim (Tina) Jorgensen, Tipton, Iowa, 7 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren, 3 step grandchildren, and 10 step great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth Jorgensen, her parents, Christian and Myrtle, a grandson, Michael Swenson, and 7 brothers and sisters.