Norma A. (Hanson) BRODY

HANSON, BRODY, OLSON, HIATT, FELDHACKER, BOEVERS, SPINLER, HANSEN, MATTHIAS, HOMAN, CARLSON, PLISS, DREWES, BENNETT, DILLEY

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:42

Norma A. Brody, 87, of Waterloo, Iowa, died at Lakeview Landing of Friendship Village on Thursday, September 19, 2019, of natural causes.

She was born December 8, 1931, in Renwick, Iowa, daughter of Julius and Alice Olson Hanson. Norma graduated from Corwith High School and Gates Business College. She married James Brody on August 31, 1950, at the Little Brown Church in the Vale, Nashua, Iowa. Norma worked for Blue Cross-Blue Shield and Pioneer Delta Dental, both in Des Moines and Hinson Manufacturing and JC Penney's, both in Waterloo.

She was a member of Central Christian Church, Waterloo. She loved watching the Cubs, fishing, playing cards, any home DIY project, buying gifts at Christmastime, and baking everything sweet. Her pride and joy were her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

Norma is survived by her husband, James; daughter, Becky (Jack) Hiatt‚ Waterloo; son, Emmet (Becky) Brody‚ West Des Moines; son, Cal (Ardelle) Brody‚ Denver‚ IA; daughter, Ann (Stan Feldhacker) Brody‚ Greenfield‚ IA; 12 grandchildren: Jenny (Kurt) Boevers, Cedar Falls, IA, Jack Hiatt, Waterloo, Heather Brody, Cedar Falls, Amy (Matt) Spinler, Rochester, MN, Dave (Jess) Hansen, Cedar Falls, Holly (Kyle) Matthias, Denver, IA, Vanessa Brody, West Des Moines, Heidi (Aaron) Homan, Denver, IA, Aaron (Kelsey) Brody, West Des Moines, Laura (Cliff) Carlson, River Falls, WI, Leona (Harold) Pliss, Ashland, WI, and Susan Feldhacker, Traer, IA; 38 great grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; a brother, Marvin (LaVonne) Hanson‚ Overland Park‚ KS; sister-in-law, Connie (LaVerne) Drewes; and many nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents; brother, Ralph Hanson; and sisters, Marjorie Bennett and Dorothy Dilley.

Services:
11:00 AM, Monday, September 23, 2019 at Central Christian Church, 3475 Kimball Ave., Waterloo
Visitation: for an hour before services at the church

Cemetery: Memorial Park Cemetery, Waterloo, Iowa

Memorials: Parkinson's Foundation

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