Sherman Jorgensen Garrett, loving and devoted husband, father and gramps, age 77, died February 18, 2003 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after a long illness.Born February 9, 1926, Salt Lake City, Utah, son of Leon Desmoin Garrett and Hazel Armeda Jorgensen. Married Mildred Ogden, September 18, 1947 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Graduate of South High and the University of Utah. Affiliated with Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II. He served as the Assistant Manager at the Utah State Fund in Salt Lake City, Utah. Relocated to New Jersey in 1955 and served as Vice President and Treasurer at the National Council on Compensation Insurance in New York City, NY; and retired in 1996 after 17 years with Mountain States Mutual Casualty Insurance Company in Albuquerque, NM where he served as President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board. He also served on numerous national insurance boards throughout his career. He was a member of the LDS Church and served in the Bishopric while living in New Jersey. Survived by wife, daughters, Leslie Ann MacFarlane and her husband Donald, Ogden, Utah; Marcie Lemmon and her husband Guy, Irvine, California; Beckie Desmet and her husband Rick, Irvine, California; Jamie Tinnin and her husband Thomas P., Albuquerque, New Mexico; 12 grandchildren and four great-grandsons; brother W. Jay Garrett, Salt Lake City, Utah and sister JoAnn Peterson, Wellsville, Utah. Preceded in death by his parents; brother Winston Jorgensen Garrett and grandson Ryan Warren Lemmon. Funeral services and interment Saturday, February 22, 10:00 a.m., Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, 3401 S. Highland Drive, Salt Lake City. Friends will be received one hour prior to services. In lieu of flowers, the family wishes donations be made to the University of Utah Scholarship Fund.

Published in Salt Lake Tribune from Feb. 21 to Feb. 22, 2003