Vivian Lorraine Norden
November 22, 1923 — January 26, 2015
Vivian Lorraine Norden died peacefully on Monday, January 26, 2015, in Iowa City at 91. Services will be at 1:00 p.m. Friday, January 30, 2015, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Family will greet friends from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, January 29, 2015, at the funeral home. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
She is survived by sister, Doris Volosin (Clermont, FL); children, Linda Hertzler (Iowa City), Alan and Jean Norden (Iowa City), Marcia Dorie (St Helens, OR), Barbara Selland (Tacoma, WA); grandsons, Dylan Norden, Todd Norden, Trent Norden, Nicholas Bierman, John Towne,Jr., Beau Towne, Sean Towne, Royce Mahoney, Grant Mahoney; and seven great grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by parents, Roy and Rose Brown; husband, Alfred Norden; daughters, Cynthia Norden and Deborah Mahoney; sisters, Ethel Reed, and Norma Syzmanski; brother, LuVerne Brown; sister-in-law, Shirley Brown; and granddaughter, Erika Hertzler.
Vivian was born November 22, 1923, in Highland, MN, later growing up in BurrOak Iowa and graduating from Decorah High School. She worked as a telephone operator and worked at the Rock Island Arsenal during WWII. Vivian met and married Alfred W Norden becoming a homemaker for a family with 6 rowdy kids. She was sweet by nature and loved to dance.
Memorial contributions may be sent to Iowa City Hospice 1025 Wade Street, Iowa City, Iowa 52240.
She is survived by sister, Doris Volosin (Clermont, FL); children, Linda Hertzler (Iowa City), Alan and Jean Norden (Iowa City), Marcia Dorie (St Helens, OR), Barbara Selland (Tacoma, WA); grandsons, Dylan Norden, Todd Norden, Trent Norden, Nicholas Bierman, John Towne,Jr., Beau Towne, Sean Towne, Royce Mahoney, Grant Mahoney; and seven great grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by parents, Roy and Rose Brown; husband, Alfred Norden; daughters, Cynthia Norden and Deborah Mahoney; sisters, Ethel Reed, and Norma Syzmanski; brother, LuVerne Brown; sister-in-law, Shirley Brown; and granddaughter, Erika Hertzler.
Vivian was born November 22, 1923, in Highland, MN, later growing up in BurrOak Iowa and graduating from Decorah High School. She worked as a telephone operator and worked at the Rock Island Arsenal during WWII. Vivian met and married Alfred W Norden becoming a homemaker for a family with 6 rowdy kids. She was sweet by nature and loved to dance.
Memorial contributions may be sent to Iowa City Hospice 1025 Wade Street, Iowa City, Iowa 52240.
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