Norris, Mona G. 1912-2012

NORRIS, RIGHTER, RUBIN, HALL, LUBASH, KOEHLER, JENSEN, HAMLIN, KREAMER

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Date: 3/11/2021 at 14:30:48

Mona Norris
1912 - 2012
Needham, MA
formerly of Des Moines

Mona Grace Norris passed away on January 7, 2012 in Needham, MA. She was 100 years old. She was the wife of the late George L. Norris and mother of Lana N. Righter and George C. Norris, both deceased. Her granddaughters, Lisa Rubin of Arlington, MA, Michelle Norris of Herzliyya, Israel and Deborah Hall of San Jose, CA, survive her. Her five great-grandchildren also survive her: Lexie Rubin, Naomi, Roy and Elinor Lubash and Clayton Hall Koehler. She is also survived by her Son-in-law, Christopher Righter, daughter-in-law, Janet Norris, grandsons-in-law, David Rubin and Dan Lubash, a sister, Enid Jensen of Hebron NE and many nieces and nephews scattered throughout the U.S.

Mona was born on January 1, 1912 in Exira, IA to Frank and Maude Hamlin Kreamer. She had four sisters and one brother. She attended the University of Iowa and graduated from the Nursing program in 1932. She spent several years with the National Public Health Service as a traveling nurse with posts in NYC, St. Louis and Cleveland, OH before she came back to Iowa and married George L. Norris. They settled in Cantril and raised their two children there. She went back to nursing after her children were grown and subsequently took over and became President of the family owned and run State Savings Bank in Cantril upon George's death in 1977. At the time, she was only 1 of seven female bank Presidents in the country. In 1985 she sold the bank, retired and spent her time between Des Moines and Sedona, AZ, and traveling all over the world with friends and family. In 2003, she moved to the Boston area to be closer to her family. She lived at North Hill, a Senior Living Community from 2003 until her death, six days after celebrating her 100th birthday with family and friends.

Her Cremains will be brought back to Iowa and buried in Cantril at a date to be determined in the future. Contributions in her name should go to either The University of Iowa Foundation, designation: The Nursing Progress Fund, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52244, OR: Cantril Grass Roots, c/o Community First Bank, P.O. Box E, Cantril, IA 52542. The Family will be planting a tree and putting a stone bench in memory of Mona and her family later in the year at the Waubonsie Park (Maintained by the Grass Roots Organization) in Cantril, IA.

To Plant Memorial Trees in memory, please visit our Sympathy Store. ~ The Des Moines (IA) Register 15 Jan 2012.