Reynolds, Norma Adeline 1920-2015

REYNOLDS, BOLLHOEFER, FREIBERG, BARNES, DOBSON, HINTHORNE, WALKER, LA VELLE, HOWES, HEUHN, THAYER, FAIDLEY, VANDERWERFF, CLARK, DEDE, NOESEK

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Date: 8/24/2015 at 19:39:31

Norma Reynolds

August 18, 2015

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Norma Adeline Reynolds (95), died Tuesday, August 18th, 2015, at Hawkeye Care Center in Marshalltown, Iowa, under the care of Iowa River Hospice. Visitation will be held on Friday, August 21st, 2015, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 22nd, 2015, at the First United Church of Christ at 10:30 am. Internment will take place at St. John’s United Church of Christ cemetery, southwest of Haverhill, Iowa. Memorials may be directed to First United Church of Christ, Marshalltown Public Library and the Marshalltown Animal Rescue League.

Norma was born on April 23rd, 1920, at home on the family farm. She was the third child of Edward Henry and Martha Anna (Freiberg) Bollhoefer. She was baptized on June 13th, 2015, and confirmed in 1934 at what was then St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church, in rural Haverhill, Iowa.

She attended Van Cleve Consolidated School through the 12th grade, graduating as class valedictorian in 1937. She was awarded a four-year tuition scholarship in the secondary teaching program at the Iowa State Teachers College, graduating in 1941. She earned a Master’s degree of Teaching Arts from the University of Tulsa in 1957. In 1967, she earned a Master’s degree in Library Science from the University of Oklahoma.

She taught a variety of combinations of junior high and senior high in the areas of Language Arts, Speech as well as directing plays for grades 7-12 in the following schools: Iowa Falls, Tippecanoe, Indiana, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. She later became a curriculum specialist with AEA. She was a 50-year plus member of Delta Kappa Gamma and was active in educational organizations wherever she lived.

Norma married Herbert Tracy Barnes in 1944, who passed away in 1953. She married Walker Dobson in 1959, and that marriage ended in divorce. In 1976, she married Glenn Zellnor Reynolds who died in 1987.

Norma is survived by three stepsons; Glenn and Pat Reynolds II of Skatook, Oklahoma. John and Ritchie Reynolds of Georgetown, Texas. Gilbert (Butch) Reynolds of Neosho, Missouri. Sister; Laura Hinthorne of Redmond, Washington. Sister in-law; Alta (Hansen) Bollhoefer of Marshalltown, Iowa. 11 nieces and nephews: Bonita (Harrington) and Walden Paige of Marshalltown, Iowa, Donna (Bollhoefer) and Phillip Walker, The Villages, Florida. Paul and Diane (Brown) Harrington of Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Jeannie (Bollhoefer) and Michael La Velle of Phoenix, Arizona. Janice (Bollhoefer) and Jeffrey Howes of Sun Valley, Idaho. John and Pamela (Huehn) Harrington of Haverhill, Iowa. Mark and Barbera (Thayer) Hinthorne of Sammamish, Washington. David Faidley of South Haven, Minnesota. Marla (Faidley) Vander Werff of Windsor Heights, Iowa. Russel and Janeen (Clark) of Kansas City, Missouri. Debra Bollhoefer of Newton, Iowa. Other survivors include many step grandchildren, step great-grandchildren, and step great-great-grandchildren, great-nieces and nephews, great-great-nieces and nephews as well as cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two husbands, two sisters Marie Harrington, Wanda Faidley, three brothers: Herman, David, and Arnold, niece; Valerie (Hinthorne) Dede and great nephew; Liam Noesek.

She will long be remembered for her unique ability to bring order to chaos, coupled with an adventurous spirit. Her whole extended family is deeply indebted to her for her genealogy research. ~ The Des Moines Register, Des Moines, Iowa 24 Aug 2015.