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REYNOLDS, Norna J. (BEST)

BEST, REYNOLDS, ECKEL, BANIADAM, HORNBECKER, BESTMANN

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/11/2016 at 17:22:46

Obituary ~ Norma J. (Best) Reynolds
August 28, 1930 ~ January 31, 2008

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

MASON CITY — Norma J. Reynolds, 77, of 2038 Hunters Ridge, Mason City, died Thursday (January 31, 2008) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit.

Her memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 9 at The First United Methodist Church in Mason City. Minister Jim Stiles will be presiding and a lunch will follow in Fellowship Hall. Please join with friends and family to celebrate the life of a consummate homemaker.

There will be no visitation. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Hospice of North Iowa or the First United Methodist Church.

Norma was born on a farm August 28, 1930 in Shelby, Iowa the daughter of Thornton and Florence (Eckel) Best. She attended local schools in Shelby graduating from Shelby High School in 1948. She attended Iowa State University.

She met her husband, Stanley L. Reynolds while she was working in Marshalltown, Iowa as a secretary. Stan and Norma were married in June of 1952 in Marshalltown. The couple moved to Des Moines where Stanley worked for Northwestern Bell Telephone Company and Norma worked for the Des Moines Register. The couple moved to Mason City in the 1950s where they raised two children. Norma worked in the United Methodist Church District Office for several years throughout the 1990s.

A consummate homemaker and volunteer, she deeply believed in the duties and obligations of belonging to the community of Mason City. Her efforts for PEO and the United Methodist Church helped many people in need. She was always dependable and courteous while trying to make Mason City a better place.

She has boldly battled bone cancer, filling her final years with joy of friends and church life. Her life is a testament to the virtue and stability of a traditional homemaker.

Norma is survived by her husband, Stanley Reynolds of Mason City, children, Beth (Blaze) Baniadam of Encinitas, CA, and Brian Reynolds of Mason City, grandchildren, Che and Kahlo Baniadam of Encinitas, CA, sisters, Jane (Richard) Hornbecker of Broomfield, CO and Gerry (William) Bestmann of Marshalltown, many nieces and nephews.

Norma is preceded in death by her parents.

Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, 641-423-0924. majorericksonfuneralhome.com

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2016


 

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