Clyde Allen Jorgensen was born July 20, 1947, in Marshalltown, Iowa, the son of Ellsworth and Thelma (Emerson) Jorgensen. He graduated from Garwin High School and served in the United States Navy from October 1968 to October 1972, working as a cook. On June 7, 1975, he was united in marriage to Bonnie Boswell in Garwin. Clyde owned and operated a meat locker in Garwin and worked at Swift Meat Packing Company in Marshalltown. After moving to the Kalona area, he worked at the Kalona Locker and was a mailman at the Bowen Science Building on the University of Iowa campus. Clyde was a member of the Full Gospel Church where he served as a Deacon and made 13 mission trips to Agua Prieta, Mexico. Clyde was a musician and used to play the upright bass with his father, who had a band called “The Danes,” playing polka and bluegrass music. He also enjoyed working in leather and he owned and operated his own lawncare business.

Survivors include five children: Michael Oechsner, of Long Grove, IA, Lisa Pfannebecker, of Lisbon, IA, Christian Jorgensen, of Dubuque, IA, Mindy Jorgensen, Erik (Allison) Jorgensen, of North Liberty, IA, eleven grandchildren: Nicholas, Luke, Nathan and Jonathan Oechsner, Carly (Izo) Salesevic, Hannah Jorgensen, Alivia Jorgensen, Oliver Pfannebecker, Aliyah Jorgensen and Maggie and Arbor Pfannebecker.

Preceding Clyde in death were his parents and his wife Bonnie.