Neal Heber Jorgensen of Mesa, Arizona, passed away peacefully on February 13, 2025, at the age of 98. Neal was born June 16, 1926, in Weston, Idaho. He was the only child of Heber Moroni Jorgensen and Maud Benson Barker Jorgensen. Neal was raised on a farm and learned the value of hard work. He attended school in Weston through his junior year in high school and then attended Ogden High School where he graduated in 1944. Neal was then drafted into the Army during WWII and served until 1946 in the Pacific.
After being discharged from the Army, Neal attended a photography trade school in Dallas, Texas, where he continued his love for photography. He then served a mission to Denmark from 1948 to 1951, where he learned the Danish language fluently and used that gift to correspond with his Danish relatives throughout the years of his life. Neal met his sweetheart, Gwenith Nish in 1954, and they were sealed in the Logan Utah Temple on July 21, 1955. While in Utah they lived in Logan, Salt Lake City, and Kearns, and then moved to Mesa, Arizona in 1972. Neal’s profession was working in photography specialties for Litton, General Instruments, and Motorola. Neal was a life-long member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and served faithfully, many times as a ward or stake clerk. He and Gwenith are the parents of four children, 19 grandchildren, and 34 great-grandchildren. Neal was a wonderful example of love and service to his family and friends.
Neal is preceded in death by his parents, Heber and Maud Jorgensen, daughter Lisa Jorgensen Squires, and his wife, Gwenith. Neal is survived by his children Kaylene Jones (Rondal), Brent Jorgensen, and Karen Millett (Douglas.)
Funeral services will be held on Friday, February 21, 2025, at 10:00 am at the Reed Park Ward building, 1500 East 6th Avenue, Mesa, Arizona. Visitation will be at 9:00 am. Interment will be at the Mesa City Cemetery.
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Arrangements by Bunker’s Garden Chapel, www.bunkerfuneral.com. Should this obituary appear anywhere but bunkerfuneral.com, please check our website for accurate details and service information.
My family and I attended church with the faithful Jorgensen family 49 years ago. We send our deepest sympathy in your loss. May the Lord’s richest blessings abide with you. May His comforting Spirit rest upon you.
Dear Brent, your father was such a wonderful man I remember him working in the stake forever
He and your mother were wonderful followers of Jesus Christ in everything they did and said.
He left a wonderful legacy. I wish I could be at the funeral. But still in rehab. I’m so glad you are zoom it. May he rest in peace as he goes back home love you, Connie ♥️
Kaylene. I’m sorry for your lost of your dad. He sounds like an amazing Dad. I just lost my husband Mike of 50 years of marriage. Losing someone one special in your life is so hard. I think of you after as we were friends when you lived in Kearns. Miss you and think of you often.
Dear. Brent (and family), so sorry to hear about the passing of your dad. Seems to me he lived a long and wonderful life. May God bless your family with comfort and peace knowing that he is in a better place. I won’t be able to attend the funeral but my thoughts will be with you.