Norman Paul BOHNING

BOHNING, DORENKAMP, KOHLER, INGRAM

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/7/2007 at 11:32:13

February 24, 2004

Norman Paul Bohning, 59, died on Sunday, February 15, 2004, at his home in Hurst, Texas. Funeral services were held on Friday, February 20, at the Dallas/Fort Worth National Cemetery, with the Rev. Rosemary Oberhue, officiating. Norman was born on October 15, 1944 in Belmond, the son of Paul Andrew and Esther Pauline (Dorenkamp) Bohning. He grew up on the family farm and graduated from the Alexander High School in 1962. He attended Mason City Junior College prior to entering the U.S. Army. Norman served in Vietnam as a warrant officer and helicopter pilot, and was awarded the Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters. In 1979 he received a Bachelors Degree in Religion from Texas Wesleyan University. A long standing member of the First United Methodist Church of Bedford, Texas, Norman touched many lives.

Norman was preceded in death by his father, Paul Bohning, on January 15, 1985; and his sister, Rhoda "Madison" Kohler, on January 21, 2004. Survivors include son, Jeffrey Alan Bohning of Bedford; mother, Esther Pauline Bohning of Belmond; brothers, Wayne (Van Jean) Bohning of Beach Park, Illinois and Royce (Cherie) Bohning of Ames; two nieces; five nephews; and fiancée, Mildred Ingram of Statesboro, Georgia.

©Belmond Independent 2004