<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/obituaries/henry-torgerson.html" dsn="news"><item_date>06/08/2010 12:00:00 AM</item_date><category_header>Obituary</category_header><image><img src="" alt=""/></image><firstname>Henry</firstname><middlename>Truett "Torg"</middlename><maidenname/><lastname>Torgerson</lastname><suffix/><graduation-Year>'48,</graduation-Year><relationship-to-university>Alumni</relationship-to-university><degree-program-completed>'49 M.S.</degree-program-completed><position-held-at-the-university/><title>Henry Torgerson</title><author/><type>obituary</type><categories/><relationships><relationship>Alumni</relationship></relationships><main-content>
    
      Henry Truett ‘Torg’ Torgerson (’48, ’49 M.S.), Marlin :: He was a combat rifleman and radio operator in the U.S. Army during World War II, receiving two battle stars and a Bronze Star. He earned his degrees in industrial arts from North Texas, where he was a member of Alpha Chi and Phi Delta Kappa and a teaching assistant. A school teacher for 31 years, he taught “shop,” drafting, history and Industrial Cooperative Training. He was a deacon in the First Baptist Church of Marlin and a former president of the Marlin Noon Lions Club. He also owned a furniture restoration shop. Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Ruth Ann Davison Torgerson (’50).
    

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