Norma Jean COULSON

COULSON, HARLOW, HOGRABE, COURTER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/4/2011 at 16:22:12

May 2, 1930 -- August 9, 2009

Norma Jean Coulson, 79, of Belmond, died on August 9, 2009, at the Rehabilitation Center of Belmond. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, October 1, 2011, at 2:00 p.m., at the Dugger Funeral Home in Belmond. Friends may greet family members starting at 1:00 p.m.

Norma Jean, the daughter of Robert Ormsby and Ruth Harlow Coulson, was born on May 2, 1930 in Belmond. She graduated from the Belmond High School in 1949. She was instrumental in starting girls softball in Belmond during the summer, sponsored by the Jaycee Ettes, first organizing little league and later coaching junior high. Later the program was taken over by Al Rodriguez and Howard Dorman. She loved Belmond-Klemme Girls Softball dearly. A plaque commemorates Norma Jean at the high school diamond. She was preceded in death by her parents. Norma Jean is survived by her sisters, Shirley (Robert) Hograbe of Dows and Caren (Jerry) Courter of Independence, Missouri; brother, William Frederick (Lorraine) of Eau Claire, Wisconsin; and several nieces and nephews.

September 27, 2011
Belmond Independent - Iowa