Funeral service for fallen Tremonton Sgt. Lee Sorensen held in Logan

Sorensen, 56, was killed while responding to a domestic disturbance call in Tremonton on Aug. 17.

Logan • More than 1,000 mourners filed into the Utah State University’s Dee Glen Smith Spectrum on Friday to honor Sgt. Lee Sorensen, less than two weeks after he was killed in the line of duty.

As family, friends, officers in uniform and community members began to fill the stadium, photos of Sorensen and his loved ones played in a slideshow across the screen behind the stage.

Mourners wore blue ribbon pins, a symbol of gratitude and remembrance for the fallen officer who was killed alongside Tremonton-Garland Officer Eric Estrada, 32, while responding to the same domestic disturbance call on Aug. 17. Estrada’s funeral on Thursday saw more than 1,000 attendees.

Sorensen’s casket was carried into the arena to the sound of bagpipes and flowers surrounded the stage where the casket rested. Utah country singer Cole Hartley sang the national anthem.

Sorensen, a 56-year-old Garland native, was a 16-year veteran of the Tremonton-Garland Police Department when he was killed.

Throughout his life, his obituary stated, Sorensen was active in the community.

Sorensen served a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Venezuela, according to his obituary. While there, he learned to speak fluent Spanish, which aided him during his career.

Sorensen married his high school sweetheart, Lanette Peterson, in 1994. The day after his death, Peterson marked what would have been their 31st wedding anniversary.

Two of the couple’s three children, Lacey and Landon, were in attendance Friday. Their third child, Analise, died previously.

This is a developing story.