Monson Brock, Norma Mae (1925-2017)
MONSON, JOHNSON, BROCK, JENSEN, DEVIN, GANES, THORSON, GOOD
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 10/31/2017 at 21:42:53
Norma Mae Brock Monson
December 31, 1925 - September 23, 2017Surrounded by her family, Norma Mae Brock Monson, 91, of Forest City, died peacefully on Saturday, September 23, 2017, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.
One of six children, Norma Mae, a daughter of John S. and Selma Johnson, was born on December 31, 1925, in Albert Lea, Minnesota. Educated in the Hayfield school system, she married Choen Brock on January 17, 1948. They were blessed with six wonderful children: Trudy (Larry) Folkerts, Rickie Brock, Jodene (Gary) Bartleson, John (Dawn) Brock, Rhonda King, and Terrel (Tammy) Brock. She loved gardening, cooking and socializing with her friends and family. For years, Norma helped Choen farm. In addition, she worked for Winnebago Industries for twenty-five years.
After she lost Choen in 1991, she met and later married Milton Monson on September 18, 1999. They spent many winters in Harlingen, Texas. On September 18, 2017, they celebrated their eighth wedding anniversary. An extraordinary woman, she will be, dearly, missed by all who knew and loved her.
Norma is survived by her husband, Milton; her six children; seventeen grandchildren; twenty-eight great-grandchildren; one brother, Jerry (Charlene) Johnson, of Mesa, Arizona; four sisters-in-law’s, Madeline (Steve) Jensen, Loreene Brock, Colleen Devin, and Eunice and Tessie Johnson; her step-children, Kenny (Cheryl) and John (Virginia) Monson, Paula (Bill) Ganes, and Darla Thorson; and her step-sister-in-law, Darlene Monson.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Choen Brock; four brothers, Orlando, Marvin, Donald, and Maynard Johnson; her daughter-in-law, Karen Brock; two grandsons, Branden Brock and Jeffrey Good; and her step-daughter, Sandy Monson; along with many in-laws and dear friends.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, September 27, 2017, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Forest City with Pastor Rodd Hopp officiating. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M., Tuesday, September 26, 2017, at the Cataldo Schott Funeral Chapel, 505 North Clark Street, Forest City, Iowa 50436. Burial will follow in Oakland Cemetery in Forest City. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family.
Cataldo Schott Funeral Home, Forest City, Iowa, 2017.
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