Norman Clyde Usher
June 10, 1919 — October 6, 2002
Norman Clyde "Daff? Usher, 83, of 165 Hayes Street SW, died Sunday, October 6, 2002, in Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, of cancer. Services: 10:00 a.m. Thursday, October 10, 2002, at Sharon United Methodist Church, Cedar Rapids, by Rev. Gary Dobbins. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m.Wednesday, October 9, 2002, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Burial: Spring Grove Cemetery, Covington, with military rites.
Survivors include his children, Duane and Sue (Wood) Usher of Cedar Rapids, Dale and Marcy (Snyder) Usher of Marion, and Dennis and Judy (Vig) Usher of Cedar Rapids; his grandchildren, Josh Usher, Abby Usher, Andi Usher, Amy Usher, Kristi (Usher) and Jason Techau, Allison (Usher) and Craig Wilhelm, Matthew and Tina (Hoffon) Usher and Angella (Usher) and Don Northup; great-grandchildren, Andrew Norman Techau, Raquel Wilhelm, Levi Usher, Marie Wilhelm, Olivia Usher and Tony Northup; nieces and nephews, Terry Usher, Tena (Meloan) Gazur, Sharon Usher, David Leonard, Bob Scheib, Darlene (Usher) Gogg, Harold "Mike? Usher and Edith (Usher) Vogt; and a sister-in-law, Dorothy Meloan of Cedar Rapids.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris Elaine (Chyba) Usher; parents, Bert and Edith (Miller) Usher; five brothers, Richard, Marlin, Harold, Raymond and Kenneth; a sister, Hazel (Usher) Leonard; a niece, Julie (Meloan) Gallo; a nephew, Tom Usher; and his father and mother-in-law, Charles and Mary (Julich) Chyba, Sr.
Norman was born June 10, 1919, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He served with the United States Army during World War II. Norman landed in Marseilles, France in December of 1944 and was a platoon sergeant in the 42nd Infantry Division (Rainbow). He was wounded at Cadolzburg, Germany on April 17, 1945 and received a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. On April 15, 1942, he was united in marriage to Doris E. Chyba in Port Townsend, Washington. She died December 3, 1986. Norman worked at Penick and Ford from 1946 to 1977, and then at Mercy Medical Center from 1978 to 1981. He was a member of Sharon United Methodist Church and the American Legion Post 727 in Cedar Rapids. Norman was an avid Chicago Cubs and Iowa Hawkeye Fan and loved to golf.
Instead of flowers, memorials may be made to the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. or to Sharon United Methodist Church in memory of Norman.
Survivors include his children, Duane and Sue (Wood) Usher of Cedar Rapids, Dale and Marcy (Snyder) Usher of Marion, and Dennis and Judy (Vig) Usher of Cedar Rapids; his grandchildren, Josh Usher, Abby Usher, Andi Usher, Amy Usher, Kristi (Usher) and Jason Techau, Allison (Usher) and Craig Wilhelm, Matthew and Tina (Hoffon) Usher and Angella (Usher) and Don Northup; great-grandchildren, Andrew Norman Techau, Raquel Wilhelm, Levi Usher, Marie Wilhelm, Olivia Usher and Tony Northup; nieces and nephews, Terry Usher, Tena (Meloan) Gazur, Sharon Usher, David Leonard, Bob Scheib, Darlene (Usher) Gogg, Harold "Mike? Usher and Edith (Usher) Vogt; and a sister-in-law, Dorothy Meloan of Cedar Rapids.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris Elaine (Chyba) Usher; parents, Bert and Edith (Miller) Usher; five brothers, Richard, Marlin, Harold, Raymond and Kenneth; a sister, Hazel (Usher) Leonard; a niece, Julie (Meloan) Gallo; a nephew, Tom Usher; and his father and mother-in-law, Charles and Mary (Julich) Chyba, Sr.
Norman was born June 10, 1919, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He served with the United States Army during World War II. Norman landed in Marseilles, France in December of 1944 and was a platoon sergeant in the 42nd Infantry Division (Rainbow). He was wounded at Cadolzburg, Germany on April 17, 1945 and received a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. On April 15, 1942, he was united in marriage to Doris E. Chyba in Port Townsend, Washington. She died December 3, 1986. Norman worked at Penick and Ford from 1946 to 1977, and then at Mercy Medical Center from 1978 to 1981. He was a member of Sharon United Methodist Church and the American Legion Post 727 in Cedar Rapids. Norman was an avid Chicago Cubs and Iowa Hawkeye Fan and loved to golf.
Instead of flowers, memorials may be made to the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. or to Sharon United Methodist Church in memory of Norman.
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