JORGENSEN (Brouwer), Cheryl
Cheryl Diane (Brewer) Jorgensen passed away on March 31, 2022 after a years-long battle with cancer. Cheryl was born on August 4, 1946 at Piedmont Hospital to Pauline “Polly” (Fogg) and John “Johnny” Brewer in Atlanta, Georgia. She grew up in southeastern DeKalb County. After graduating from Gordon High School in 1964, Cheryl attended Georgia State University, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education, specializing in early childhood. She was a member of Delta Gamma Sorority. From 1967 to 1972, she taught first grade in DeKalb County at Henderson Mill and then Idlewood Elementary School.
Cheryl met her husband when she visited her mother’s workshop. Polly worked for the Internal Revenue Service where Eric Jorgensen was an intern as a legal assistant. While visiting her mother’s office in the summer of 1971, Cheryl met Eric. Then Eric called her and asked her out. They were married in 1972 at the Wieuca Road Baptist Church, where Cheryl was a member.
After they got married, Eric’s job as a trial attorney brought them to Greensboro, North Carolina. Cheryl always loved children and taught elementary school in High Point, North Carolina until they had children of their own. They had their first child in 1979 and another in 1981. The family then moved to Roswell, Georgia, where they lived until Cheryl’s death. They welcomed their third child in 1992.
When the older kids started college, Cheryl returned to teaching at Timber Ridge Elementary School in Marietta, Georgia, where she taught for more than a decade. There she was loved by all her freshmen, who showed their appreciation by hugging her after class. All of her students passed first class CRCTs every year she taught. When she was Timber Ridge’s Reading Coordinator, she made sure every child read at or above class level, which helped Timber Ridge earn the prestigious National Blue Ribbon Schools Award.
Cheryl was a kind, caring, sweet and gentle soul. She always smiled and was kind to everyone she met until the day she died. Her hobbies were sewing, crafts and tai chi. She was an active member of the Roswell United Methodist Church and taught Sunday school when her children were small.
She is preceded in death by her parents and her brother Robert “Bobby” Brewer. She leaves behind her husband and her children Laura Jorgensen, John Jorgensen and Jeffrey Jorgensen (wife Suzanne and their children Jasper and Soren).
The funeral service will be held on Wednesday, April 6 at 11 a.m. in the chapel of the funeral home. Burial will follow at 2 p.m. at Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, Georgia. The family will be hosting friends on Tuesday, April 5 from 6-8pm at Northside Chapel in Roswell, Georgia, 770-645-1414. http://www.northsidechapel.com. Live streaming of the service will be available on the Northside Chapel – Funeral Directors and Crematory Facebook page.
Published by Atlanta Journal-Constitution from April 4 to April 5, 2022.
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