To: Members of the Faculty -- From: J. W. Maucker, President -- Date: September 19, 1966
Miss Anna Marie Sorenson, former Associate Professor of English at State College of Iowa, passed away Saturday, September 17, at Sartori Hospital after a prolonged illness. She was born in Illinois on March 10, 1883, attended Ellsworth College, and received the B.A. degree and the M.A. degree from the University of Iowa. After having taught at the University of Colorado and Illinois State Normal University, she joined the staff at State College of Iowa in 1921. She resigned from her position at the college in 1943, and since that time had made her home in Cedar Falls. The funeral service for Miss Sorenson will be at the Nottger-Schoof Funeral Home in Cedar Falls at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, September 20. The flag will be flown at half-mast Tuesday afternoon in memory of Miss Sorenson.