Myers, Norma C. – 1914-2009

BARNETT, FLOWERDAY, FREY, KUHL, MURPHY, MYERS, SCHROFF, SVOBODA

Posted By: JCGS Volunteer
Date: 3/16/2009 at 14:47:17

Funeral services for Norma C. Myers, 94, of Newton will be at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 9, 2009, at Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton.
Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Monday. Visitation with the family will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. following the 6:30 p.m. service. Additional services will be held Wednesday, March 11, at the Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home in Lincoln, Neb., with visitation from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and a funeral service at 12:30 p.m.
Entombment will take place in the Lincoln Memorial Park Mausoleum.
Memorials in Norma’s name will be designated to Willowbrook Adult Day Care Center, Hospice of Jasper County and Newton Healthcare Center Activity Fund.
Norma C. (Schroff) Myers, the daughter of Charles Schroff Jr. and Natalie Lydia Frey, was born Aug. 26, 1914, in Steinauer, Neb. Norma graduated from Steinauer High School with the Class of 1931. On June 30, 1933, Norma was united in marriage to Ben H. Myers.
Together they owned and operated Ben Your Hairdresser Inc. from 1939 until 1975. Norma was vice president, bookkeeper and receptionist of the corporation for 30 years as the business grew to several salons and a beauty school. She was a member of the First Christian Church in Lincoln, Daughters of the Nile and BPOE Does. Norma was a model for the business. She loved being with family, traveling together, gardening and canning, supporting the Nebraska football team and was a Cubs fan.
Norma died on Thursday, March 5, in the Monarch Wing at Skiff Medical Center. She was preceded by her parents; her husband, Ben, in 1996; her brothers, Warren Schroff in 1953 and Gilbert Schroff in 2008; and great-grandson Adam Michael Barnett on Feb. 1, 2008.
Those left to honor the memory of Norma include two daughters and spouses, Jacqueline and Raymond Barnett of Newton, Iowa, and Patricia and Michael Murphy of Fruita, Colo.; four grandchildren, Steven (Bonnie) Barnett of Newton, Barbara (Frank) Svoboda of Grapevine, Texas, Terri Flowerday of Albuquerque, N.M., and Julie (Deon) Kuhl of Morrison, Colo.; seven great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; seven step-great-grandchildren; and a sister-in-law, Barbara Schroff of Redwood City, Calif.
Source: Newton(IA) Daily News; Friday, March 6, 2009