Jane Marie (Larsson) Sorensen

Tuesday, March 13, 2018 2:08 pm

Jane Marie (Larsson) Sorensen, 82, of Protivin, passed away peacefully with her family by her side, Sunday, March 11, 2018. Funeral services are at 11 a.m. March 15, at Crane Creek Immanuel Lutheran Church, with Rev. Sue Cira officiating. Verna Orvis is the organist accompanying the congregation in song. Burial is in the church cemetery with Chris Lynch, Jordan Sorensen, Tanner Sorensen, Robert Lenchan, John Behr and Chip Horkheimer as pallbearers. Honorary pall bearers are the Kountry Kitchen Klub, Jackie Lynch, Erica Sorensen, Autumn Dillavoll, Cassie Haunstein, Ian Sorensen, Chelsey Lenehan, Andrea Treloar, Madison Horkheimer, Moxon Horkheimer, Kale Horkheimer, Molly Sorensen, Jack Sorensen, Grace Sorensen and Will Sorensen. Friends will greet the family from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, at the Hugeback Johnson Funeral Home in Protivin. Visitation continues one hour prior to the service Thursday at the church. 563-569-8800. Online condolences for Jane’s family may be left at hugebackfuneralhome.com.

Jane was a proud leap year baby, born Feb. 29, 1936, near Dows, and graduated high school from Waterloo West. She was the youngest of seven children born to Harry Fredrick Larsson and Iris Opal (Tuel) Larsson.

Jane was wed to Harry T. Sorensen April 16, 1954, at the Little Brown Church in Nausha. Since 1969, they made Protivin their home. They were married for 48 years at the time of Harry’s death in 2003.

Six children were born to Jane and Harry; ZoAnn Bear (John) from New Hampton, Ted A. Sorensen (Laurie) from New Hampton, Gregory L. Sorensen (Sondra) from Sandy, Utah, Cindy J. Lenehan (Robert) from Alta Vista, Malinda J. Horkheimer (Chip) from Hazleton and Chad F. Sorensen (Ellen) from Kasson, Minn.

Jane was the director of housekeeping at the at the Howard County Hospital for years following jobs at Turkey Valley Community School and Bishops in Waterloo.
Jane was a devoted member of Crane Creek Immanuel Lutheran Church and the Kountry Kitchen Klub. She loved her many dogs over the years, camping with Harry, making fried chicken for a house full of family, and rumor has it, an occasional trip to the riverboat. Jane had a knack for striking up a conversation with anyone she came across and was always in the corner of the underdog. She will be sadly missed by her family and many friends.

Jane is survived by her six children; ZoAnn Bear (John) from New Hampton, Ted A. Sorensen (Laurie) from New Hampton, Gregory L. Sorensen (Sondra) from Sandy, Utah, Cindy J. Lenehan (Robert) from Alta Vista, , Malinda J. Horkheimer (Chip) from Hazleton and Chad F. Sorensen (Ellen) from Kasson, Minn.
She is survived by six children, 17 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and two sisters, Flora Specht from Danville and Donna Ross from Mazeppa, Minn.

She was preceded in death by her husband, three brothers: Harry Larsson Jr., Craig Larsson and Gene Larsson and one sister, Bonnie Judson.