# 1 - - Since the exact death date was not given, the date of the newspaper article was used. Published in The Enterprise, August 21, 1969

FORMER BLAIR MAN IS VICTIM OF MISSOURI RIVER

Last Sunday morning Peter A. Sorensen of 2857 Read Street in Omaha went for a walk, and when he did not return home, his wife summoned help to locate him. He had suffered a stroke about a year ago and since then has been unable to read, write or speak. He used a cane and wore a brace on one leg to help him move about. He had retired from the Corps of Engineers of the Civil Service Department.

The Omaha news media has also helped in the search for Mr. Sorensen.

Today (Wednesday) the Army Corps of Engineers went in boats on the Missouri River south of Omaha and at noon they found his body near Bellevue.

His wife is the former Helen Svendgaard of Blair and they have three sons, Peter Alan Jr., of California; Lynn and Dan of Omaha. Mrs. Sorensen is a sister of Woodrow Svendgaard of Blair.

# 2 - - Printed in World-Herald, August 21, 1969

P. SORENSEN BURIAL FRIDAY

Funeral services will be held Friday for Peter A. Sorensen, 61, of 2857 Read Street, whose body was found in the Missouri River Wednesday morning.

Sorensen, a semi-invalid who wore a brace of his right leg and a sling on his right arm and walked with a cane, was the object of a search after he was reported missing from a walk Sunday.

Relatives identified the body, which was seen about 10:30 a.m., by construction workers in a boat about two miles south of Bellevue. Sarpy County Atty. Dixon Adams has ordered an autopsy.

Omaha police and Sarpy County Sheriff Richard Whitted said there was no evidence of foul play.

The services will be at John A. Gentleman Westside Chapel at 2 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery.

Sorensen, a retired personnel officer with the Army Corps of Engineers, is survived by his widow, Helen I.; sons, Peter R. of Santa Maria, Calif.; Lynn I., and Daniel D., both of Omaha; sisters, Mrs. Esther Johnson of Kimballton, Ia.; Mrs. Nina Walters of Anita, Ia.; Mrs. Liberty Harris of Walnut, Ia.; Mrs. Margaret Holdsworth of Westside, Ia.; Mrs. Elva Sorensen and Mrs. Norma Gourley, both of Greeley, Colo.; brother, Emery of Shelby, Ia.; 7 grandchildren.....(The rest of the article is cut off.)

# 3 - - Pilot Tribune 25 August 1969

Funeral Services For Peter Sorensen Friday Afternoon

Funeral services were held Friday afternoon for Peter Sorensen, former Blair man, who died last week in Omaha.

Mr. Sorensen, 61, is survived by his wife, Helen and by three sons, Peter R. of Santa Maria, California, Lynn L. and Daniel D. both of Omaha. There are also six sisters and a brother surviving. The sisters are: Mrs. Esther Johnson Kimballton, Iowa; Mrs. Nina Walters, of Anita, Iowa Mrs. Liberty Harris, of Walnut, Iowa; Mrs. Margaret Holdsworth of Westside, Iowa; Mrs. Elva Sorensen and Mrs. Norma Gourley, both of Greeley, Colorado. A brother, Emery Sorensen lives at Shelby, Iowa. There are seven grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at Westside Chapel in Omaha and interment was made in Hillcrest Cemetery.

Mrs. Sorensen, the former Helen Svendgaard, of Blair, is a sister of City Clerk L. W. Svendgaard.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

(additional: Peter Sorensen married Helen Irene Svendgaard, child of Soren A. and Anna (Madsen) Svendgaard. Soren A. was child of Peter Andrew and Emma Marie (Jensen) Svendgaard. Emma was Soren Jensen's 2nd child.)