Norma I. Sanders
November 15, 1939 — February 19, 2020
Norma I. Sanders, 80, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Wednesday, February 19, 2020, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids. Visitation: 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Monday, February 24, 2020, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 25, 2020, at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Norma was born November 15, 1939, in Iowa City, Iowa, the daughter of Everett and Lois (Wilaby) Brown. She married Lorenz Sanders on April 22, 1958. When Norma was younger she worked in laundry services but went on to Rockwell Collins for 25 years. She loved visiting with friends during Sunday morning breakfast at various restaurants. Norma and Lorenz had an open door policy at their home. Everyone was welcome and their home was your home. Norma will be missed by everyone who knew her and loved her.
Survivors include her loving husband of 61 years, Lorenz; children, Brenda (Steve) Thune of Waterloo, Deb Curley (Tom Peifer) of Cedar Rapids, and Theresa “Fuzz” Tatro of Cedar Rapids; six grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; siblings, Ruth Ann Floyd of Cedar Rapids, Mary Jo Patrick of Oklahoma, and Steven (Karol) Brown of Covington; in-laws, Tina Brown of Nebraska and Ronald Benson of Cedar Rapids; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Everett and Lois; step-father, Jerry White; siblings, Glen, Robert and Frank Brown, and Sharon Benson; son-in-law, Edward Tatro, Jr., and brothers-in-law, Lyle Floyd and Calvin Patrick.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be directed to the Mercy Foundation for the Memory Clinic and/or Palliative Care at 701 10th Street SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403.
Norma was born November 15, 1939, in Iowa City, Iowa, the daughter of Everett and Lois (Wilaby) Brown. She married Lorenz Sanders on April 22, 1958. When Norma was younger she worked in laundry services but went on to Rockwell Collins for 25 years. She loved visiting with friends during Sunday morning breakfast at various restaurants. Norma and Lorenz had an open door policy at their home. Everyone was welcome and their home was your home. Norma will be missed by everyone who knew her and loved her.
Survivors include her loving husband of 61 years, Lorenz; children, Brenda (Steve) Thune of Waterloo, Deb Curley (Tom Peifer) of Cedar Rapids, and Theresa “Fuzz” Tatro of Cedar Rapids; six grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; siblings, Ruth Ann Floyd of Cedar Rapids, Mary Jo Patrick of Oklahoma, and Steven (Karol) Brown of Covington; in-laws, Tina Brown of Nebraska and Ronald Benson of Cedar Rapids; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Everett and Lois; step-father, Jerry White; siblings, Glen, Robert and Frank Brown, and Sharon Benson; son-in-law, Edward Tatro, Jr., and brothers-in-law, Lyle Floyd and Calvin Patrick.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be directed to the Mercy Foundation for the Memory Clinic and/or Palliative Care at 701 10th Street SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403.
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