Randy Jack Sorenson Sr.

Dear Ryan and Randy Jr.:   Wow, all this “stuff” regarding your dear Dad has happened so quickly!  Please know that we mourn the loss of this man.  Right now there’s a hollow feeling… it seems as if the world is not quite the same!   Randy Jack Sorenson, also known to me as “Sorenski”, shall be remembered, loved and respected by so many, not just his family.  In fact, he’s really left an indelible mark on so many lives!   I met your Dad some 50 years ago when he was just beginning in his chosen profession, land surveying.  Then, he was just plain “Randy”.  Randy had a quiet, charismatic demeanor about him that attracted him to so many… the result being that a circle of interesting, unique people came into play.  As they say, a “few beers and a few laughs” resulted in a working relationship that blossomed businesses, more new relationships with engineers and surveyors, successes, failures, but in the end, pure love and respect that we all look for as life takes its course.   Professionally, Randy was an incredible surveyor.  Try to get your arms around all of his accomplishments…  He personally surveyed subdivisions, buildings, railroad crossings across big lakes, pipelines, power lines… in fact, anything that makes this country great.  Keep these little treasures about the man in safe keeping for the future generations of Sorenson’s to come.   Recreationally, for lack of a better word, Randy introduced us to sailboats, namely Hobie Cats.  This was a world that consumed us all for so many years.  Out of it, Randy became known and respected as “Sorenski”, or just plain “Ski”…  Stories were many… almost all of them cannot be written to protect the identities of the people involved.  Needless to say, Randy was a proud participant!   Through all these years, we followed each other’s families… their lives, accomplishments and  heartaches.  His Grandma, Mom, Dad, his daughter, siblings, even cousins became warm and memorable people.  Ski was a figurehead to these sweet people.  To his dear family, thank you for meeting you all!  Randy was so proud!   Above all, Ski was a worker… Sadly, work may have taken him from us…  Its hard to believe that just a few weeks ago, he was on the job, out in the field, doing the things he’d done for half a century.  Put that into perspective! His example sets the bar high!     Like all of us, Randy had his demons. Rest assured, resolution has taken place. He is safely with his loved ones gone before him. So, the circle begins again. Boys, the tools you’ve inherited from your Dad will serve you well.  Put on his special personality as you face each day, use your inherited charisma to carry you on your life’s new journey.  Remember always your Dad.  We will too!