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Sherman Jorgensen Garrett, loving and devoted husband, father and gramps, age 77, died February 18, 2003 in Albuquerque after a long illness. Born February 9, 1926, Salt Lake City, Utah, son of Leon Desmoin Garrett and Hazel Armeda Jorgensen. Married Mildred Ogden, September 18, 1947 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Graduate of the University of Utah. Affiliated with Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and served in the US Air Force during WWII. He began his career at the Utah State Fund in Salt Lake City, Utah. Relocated to New Jersey in 1955 and worked at the National Council on Compensation Insurance in New York City, NY; and retired in 1996 after 17 years with Mountain States Mutual Casualty Insurance Company in Albuquerque. He also served on numerous national insurance boards throughout his career. He was a member of the LDS Church and served in the Bishopric while living in New Jersey. Survived by wife; daughters, Leslie Ann MacFarlane and her husband, Donald, Ogden, UT; Marcie Lemmon and her husband, Guy, Irvine, CA, Beckie Desmet and her husband, Rick, Irvine, CA, Jamie Tinnin and her husband, Thomas P., Albuquerque; 12 grandchildren; and four great-grandsons; brother, W. Jay Garrett, Salt Lake City, UT; and sister, Jo Ann Peterson, Wellsville, UT. Preceded in death by his parents; brother, Winston Jorgensen Garrett; and grandson, Ryan Warren Lemmon. Funeral Services and Interment Saturday, February, 22, 2003 10:00 a.m., Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, UT. Friends will be received one hour prior to services. In lieu of flowers, the family wishes donations be made to the University of New Mexico Scholarship Fund.
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