Catherine Shirley Harsch Jurgensen

Birth

8 Jul 1932

Red Willow County, Nebraska, USA

Death

6 Dec 2004 (aged 72)

Grand Island, Hall County, Nebraska, USA

Burial

Bartley Cemetery

Bartley, Red Willow County, Nebraska, USA

 

Daughter of Henry C. & Hilda M. (Brenning) Harsch.
Married to Dan Jurgensen on 5-12-1951.
Retired from US West Telephone Company in 1993 after 40 years of service.

July 8, 1932-Dec. 6, 2004
GRAND ISLAND -- Catherine Shirley Jurgensen, 72, died Monday (Dec. 6, 2004) at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island.

She was born July 8, 1932, to Henry C. and Hilda M. (Brenning) Harsch. She attended elementary school in Lebanon and graduated from McCook High School in 1950.

On May 12, 1951, Shirley married Dan Jurgensen. The couple lived in McCook, but later moved to Grand Island. She was employed by the Northwestern Bell Company in 1951 as an operator. She was promoted as a wire chief and after moving to Grand Island, continued to work as a repair clerk for the phone company. In 1993, she retired from the company, then called U.S. West, after 40 years of service.

She was a member of the McCook Assembly of God Church and the Assembly of God Church in Grand Island. She was also active as a Sunday school teacher and performed in the choir and as a pianist and accordionist.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Dan; and sister-in-law, Virginia Harsch.

Survivors include her daughter, Heidi and husband, Jon Watson; son, Stan Jurgensen; brother, Harold Harsch of Bartley; and four grandchildren.