Funeral Services for Dr. Lorin Smalley Jordan, Ph.D., 47, were held on Tuesday, December 15, 1992 at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Roseville, MN. Private interment planned by the family.
Dr. Jordan died Friday, December 11 at Fairview Southdale Hospital, Minneapolis, after being admitted for observation the previous evening. Death was due to a heart attack. Lorin was born in Minneapolis on March 4, 1945 the son of Dr. Paul Hartley Jordan and Ann Smalley Jordan. He was raised in Perham and earned honors as valedictorian of the Perham High School class of 1963. His further education included a bachelor’s degree from Carleton College, Northfield, MN and a doctor of philosophy degree in clinical psychology and research from the U of Minnesota. At the time of his death, Dr. Jordan was a private consultant doing research work with Medtronics.
Dr. Jordan and Marvel Norberg of Barnum, MN were married in September 1976. Three children were born to this union. The family resided in Roseville, MN where Lorin was active as a youth soccer coach, served as a Y-guide, worked with the Indian Princess Program, and sang in the church choir. Surviving are his wife and children, his mother Ann Smalley Jordan of Fergus Falls, stepmother Virginia Jordan and half-brother Paul Jordan both of Flint, MI. Preceding in death were grandparents Harvey Sr. and Mabel Smalley of Perham, and his father, Dr. Paul Jordan of Flint, MI.
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I didn’t know Lorin very well but had a great time talking to him at our 25th. As did my wife, JorJan. Not many people can both howl at the moon while playing soccer at midnight and also rationally discuss the philosophical utility and value of rebirth in making sense of a life cut short, as his own turned out to be.
Pete Schwei ’67
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I didn't know Lorin very well but had a great time talking to him at our 25th. As did my wife, JorJan. Not many people can both howl at the moon while playing soccer at midnight and also rationally discuss the philosophical utility and value of rebirth in making sense of a life cut short, as his own turned out to be.