hmtl5 Norma Mae Zigler b. 2 Jul 1929 Iowa County, Iowa d. 16 Jul 2016 Hiawatha, Linn County, Iowa: McKeown Genealogy

Norma Mae Zigler

Female 1929 - 2016  (87 years)


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  • Name Norma Mae Zigler 
    Born 2 Jul 1929  Iowa County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died 16 Jul 2016  Hiawatha, Linn County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Blairstown, Benton County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I1010  McKeown
    Last Modified 20 Aug 2023 

    Family James Frederick Kern,   b. 1 Feb 1927, Blairstown, Benton County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1989, Muskogee, Muskogee County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 9 Jan 1949  Blairstown, Benton County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 23 Oct 2017 
    Family ID F386  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Jul 1929 - Iowa County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 9 Jan 1949 - Blairstown, Benton County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 Jul 2016 - Hiawatha, Linn County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Blairstown, Benton County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Norma M. Kern, 87, died July 16, 2016, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House in Hiawatha, surrounded by her family.

      Services will be Friday, July 22, 2016, 11:00 AM, at the M. J. Kirby Post of the American Legion in Blairstown, Iowa. The family will greet visitors at the Legion Hall beginning at 10:00, and a luncheon at the hall will follow a brief committal service at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Blairstown. Cedar Memorial is providing assistance to the family.

      Norma Kern was born July 2, 1929, the youngest child of Roy and Margaret Myers Zigler. She married James F. Kern on January 9, 1949 in Blairstown where they made their home until retiring to Marengo, then Mesa, AZ in 1987. Norma worked at Amana, Armstrong’s, and Marengo Hospital, but she was best known for easily making friends, her ceramics and crafts, her sense of humor, and for her baking and sharing of cookies, cakes, brownies, and other sweet treats. Her favorite moments were spent with family, playing bingo, and visiting the casino.

      Surviving are her son, James Kern, and two daughters, Deborah Toy and Susan Ellenberger, all of Cedar Rapids; granddaughters Tara (Rich) Hall, Frea (Graeme) Errington, Trina Savard, and Amanda Ellenberger; eight great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law Jayne Roth and Jo Ann Fiester of Blairstown; and many cousins, nieces, and nephews.

      She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, siblings, and three sons-in-law.

      The family is grateful to Hospice of Mercy for their generous and compassionate assistance in Norma’s final months.

      Memorials may be directed to the M. J. Kirby Post of the American Legion in Blairstown, the Oldorf Hospice House, or another charitable organization.

      Obituary was published by Cedar Memorial
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  • Sources 
    1. [S8] Find a Grave.

    2. [S3] Obituary.