Keith E. Sorenson

Service Details

A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, October 31, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. at the Draeger-Langendorf Funeral Home.  Visitation will take place at the funeral home on Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service.  Private interment will take place at West Lawn Memorial Park.

Memorial Suggestions

In lieu of flowers, please send donations in Keith’s memory to: Toys for Tots, 800 Center Street, Racine, WI  53403.

Keith E. Sorenson, age 87, of Racine, passed away on Wednesday, October 25, 2023. Born in Racine on February 5, 1936, he was the son of the late Kenneth W. and Marguerite M. (nee: Fischer) Sorenson.  Keith was a graduate of Washington Park High School.  He was a proud United States Army veteran, serving in Korea as an intelligence specialist.  On December 7, 1963, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Racine, he was united in marriage to Gale Sorenson.  Keith was a proud employee of S.C. Johnson Wax for over 38 years, retiring in June 1998.  He was a long-time member of Mt. Pleasant Lutheran Church serving in many capacities specifically as head usher, communion assistant and singing in the choir.  He volunteered for many years for the Toys for Tots program including serving on the board.  In his younger years, Keith loved riding and racing motorcycles, camping, men’s & couples bowling league and travel.  He enjoyed spending time outdoors (mowing, raking, pruning or nothing), being up at the cottage, fishing, time spent with family, lunches with the cousins, playing cards with friends, and sampling all the tasty treats especially marshmallow fluff cookies. Survivors include: his loving wife of 59 years, Gale; his children, William (Terri) Sorenson and Lori (Mark) Mylin; granddaughters, Kasey (Ben) Peterson and Jenna (Carson Beaty) Mylin; the newest addition, great granddaughter, Charlotte Peterson; his sister, Judith Bruesewitz; and his goddaughter, Karen (Bill) Strube.  Keith was preceded in death by his parents, Ken and Marg; mother and father-in-law, Ruth and Harvey; brothers-in-law, Ronald Holtz and Donald Sorenson; sister-in-law, Barbara Sorenson; and nephew, James Holtz along with other family and friends.

A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, October 31, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. at the Draeger-Langendorf Funeral Home.  Visitation will take place at the funeral home on Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service.  Private interment will take place at West Lawn Memorial Park.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations in Keith’s memory to: Toys For Tots, 800 Center Street, Racine, WI  53403.