Roger M. Jergenson, 83, of Albert Lea, died on Friday, Nov. 9, 2007 at St. John&8217;s Lutheran Home.

Funeral services for Roger will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday at the Assemblies of God Church. The Rev. Lee Freshour will officiate. Interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery with military honors accorded by area servicemen&8217;s organizations. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m., Monday at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home, and one hour prior to the service at the church on Tuesday.

Roger Morris Jergenson was born on July 31, 1924 in Carlston Township of Freeborn County, the son of George and Malinda (Peterson) Jergenson. He graduated from Alden High School in 1942. Following school, Roger served in the U.S. Army. He served with the 1st Army of Occupation in Japan, where he was stationed in Hiroshima after the dropping of the A-Bomb. He was a company clerk in the engineer corps. Upon his discharge, Roger returned to the Albert Lea area. He was united in marriage to Betty Lou Fratzke on Dec. 30, 1946 at First Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. Following Betty&8217;s death in 1992, Roger married Ardus Roberts on July 3, 1993. Ardus preceded Roger in death in 2000. On Nov. 22, 2001. Roger married Anne Studier in Albert Lea.

Roger worked as a shipping and receiving clerk for Sears for four years, he worked on the dock at Wilson&8217;s from 1948 to 1952, and as a substitute mail carrier for the post office from 1952 to 1956. He also owned and operated Albert Lea Freight Sales from 1956 to 1960, sold life insurance for Lutheran Mutual, and worked tiling farm fields for the Miller Brothers in Twin Lakes. In the 1970s and 1980s he worked doing carpentry for Gene Moen of Lake Mills, Iowa. Roger and Betty were active in their Amway business from 1963 until he retired in 2000. He was a member of the Golden K Kiwanis, the CBMC from the 1960s to the present, and served that organization as a past president. He joined Missionary Fellowship in 1955. He was a member of the American Legion. Roger belonged to First Lutheran Church and to Ascension Lutheran Church. In 1973 he joined the Assemblies of God Church. He was an active member there, serving both on the church board, and the Albert Lea Christian Academy school board. He was a member of the SPIRE board from 1993 to 1995, and volunteered with Meals-on-Wheels. Roger will be remembered as a kind, gentle husband, father and grandfather who loved life and his family. Through his life he remained committed to doing all he could to advance the cause of Christ.

Survivors include his wife, Anne; his children Kathleen (Doug Jr.) Peak, Kristine Halverson, Brian Jergenson and Kevin (Karen) Jergenson; grandchildren David (Charity) Peak and their children Jordan and Kennedy, Andrew (Nicole) Peak, Sarah (Scott) Jansen, Amy Halverson, Noah Jergenson, Elizabeth Jergenson and Derek Dannen; step-children Nicola (Brent) Buchannan, Randolph (Susan) Studier, Jane (Edward) Pecora, Timothy (Sandra) Studier, Angela (Nicolas) Olson, Daniel (Catherine) Studier, Lori (James) Billick, and Jill (Paul) Hagen; many step-grandchildren and step great-grandchildren; sisters Evelyn Novak, Violet Hoeg and Doris (Gerry) Peterson; brother Obert (Lavonne) Jergenson; as well as many nieces and nephews.

Roger was preceded in death by his parents; his wives Betty and Ardus; his sister Frances Beckman; brother Marion Jergenson; brothers-in-law Joe Novak, Clarence Beckman, Vern Kauffmann, and Donald Hoeg; and sister-in-law Marvel Berg.

Memorials are preferred in lieu of flowers.