HORGEN, Norma Jean 1948-1966

HORGEN, JASPERS

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 12/12/2009 at 21:41:52

Norma Jean Horgen Drowning Victim in Clear Lake Saturday

Investigation is continuing concerning the drowning of Miss Norma Jean Horgen, 18, daughter of Mrs. Leona Horgen of rural St. Ansgar which occurred this past weekend in Clear Lake.

The body was found floating about 50 feet from the north shore by a fisherman Saturday, September 10, [1966,] at about 8:15 P.M.

Miss Horgen, a 1966 graduate of St. Ansgar Senior High School, and since June has been living in Mason City where she was enrolled at the Mason City School of Cosmetology.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday, September 13, [1966] at the Immanuel Lutheran Church here with the Reverend Norman Betke officiating. Burial was in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery.

Miss Horgen is survived by her mother, four sisters, Mrs. Keith (Karen) Jaspers of Solon, Janice of Anaheim, California, and Dorothy and Sherlyn at home; three brothers also at home are Russell, Keith and Darwin.

[St. Ansgar Enterprise, from St. Ansgar Museum collections]
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NOTES:
Norma Jean Horgen was born February 15, 1948.

Link to Iowa Cold Cases website story about her:
http://iowacoldcases.org/case-summaries/norma-jean-horgen/

Newspaper clipping about her death
 

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