Norma Maxine Blumer
July 4, 1921 — August 29, 2015
Norma Maxine Blumer, 94, of Marion, passed away Saturday, August 29, 2015 at her assisted living apartment in Marion, Iowa. Graveside Service: Saturday September 5, 2015 1:00 p.m. at Sisley Grove Cemetery, which is located on Hwy 30 West, Cedar Rapids. The family will then greet friends at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Marion from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
She was born Norma Maxine Wood on July 4, 1921, the daughter of Norman Benjamin and Helen Flora (Burt) Wood. She was born at home on her grandfather’s farm near Seneca, Iowa, and attended school at Seneca Consolidated and Ringsted where she graduated from high school in 1939.
She married in 1940 to Carl V. Jensen and they had one daughter, Phyllis Diane. They later divorced and she married John Blumer on October 8, 1951. John adopted Phyllis and four sons were born to this union; John Allen, William Arthur, Marc Henry, and Douglas Leroy.
Maxine joined John on his family’s farm and they farmed for 17 years. They then moved to Ames, IA, Cedar Rapids, IA, Salina, KS, Beatrice, NE, Jackson, MN, and after some traveling they settled in Manchester, IA. In 2012, the family farm received Century Farm Status which remains in the family today.
After caring for her parents, John’s parents and others, she continued to use her caring ways at Meth-Wick Manor in Cedar Rapids. She loved to watch birds, garden, keep up the family ancestry and appreciated beautiful flowers and trees.
Survivors include her children, Phyllis Miller, John Blumer, William (Amy) Blumer, Douglas (Julie) Blumer; grandchildren, Chris Miller, Robert (Rhonda) Miller, Jake Blumer, Samantha (Andy) Fangman; great-grandchildren, Dalton Miller, Jordan Miller, Isaac Blumer, Josephine Fangman; sister-in-law, Clara (Kenneth) Rowlet; six nieces; five nephews; and many more family and friends.
She is preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Norman Harley, William Allen, Andrew Ronald; sister, Roberta Jane; son, Marc Henry; and her husband, John in 2007, and Carl Jensen.
She was born Norma Maxine Wood on July 4, 1921, the daughter of Norman Benjamin and Helen Flora (Burt) Wood. She was born at home on her grandfather’s farm near Seneca, Iowa, and attended school at Seneca Consolidated and Ringsted where she graduated from high school in 1939.
She married in 1940 to Carl V. Jensen and they had one daughter, Phyllis Diane. They later divorced and she married John Blumer on October 8, 1951. John adopted Phyllis and four sons were born to this union; John Allen, William Arthur, Marc Henry, and Douglas Leroy.
Maxine joined John on his family’s farm and they farmed for 17 years. They then moved to Ames, IA, Cedar Rapids, IA, Salina, KS, Beatrice, NE, Jackson, MN, and after some traveling they settled in Manchester, IA. In 2012, the family farm received Century Farm Status which remains in the family today.
After caring for her parents, John’s parents and others, she continued to use her caring ways at Meth-Wick Manor in Cedar Rapids. She loved to watch birds, garden, keep up the family ancestry and appreciated beautiful flowers and trees.
Survivors include her children, Phyllis Miller, John Blumer, William (Amy) Blumer, Douglas (Julie) Blumer; grandchildren, Chris Miller, Robert (Rhonda) Miller, Jake Blumer, Samantha (Andy) Fangman; great-grandchildren, Dalton Miller, Jordan Miller, Isaac Blumer, Josephine Fangman; sister-in-law, Clara (Kenneth) Rowlet; six nieces; five nephews; and many more family and friends.
She is preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Norman Harley, William Allen, Andrew Ronald; sister, Roberta Jane; son, Marc Henry; and her husband, John in 2007, and Carl Jensen.
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