Norma Fineran

Norma Phyllis Fineran was born May 18, 1929, the daughter of Albert and Violet Warrington Koenck. She died Thursday, July 15, 2010, at the Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison, Iowa, at the age of eighty-one.
Norma was born on the family farm near Vail, Iowa. She received her education in a rural school in Milford Township, Crawford County, Iowa. After completing her education she helped her family on the farm. She later worked at the Boyer Grocery Store; clerked at S & S, No Frills Supermarket, and the Earl May Nursery and Garden Center in Denison. One of her notable characteristics was that she had a happy and a very friendly demeanor and greeted everyone with a smile. Their current residence at Friendly Lane was thought to have been named after Norma.
On November 26, 1947, Norma was united in marriage to Gerald Fineran at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Denison. The couple made their home on a farm south of Boyer for a few years and then to a farm south of Denison, near the Donna Reed Road. They later moved to the Fineran home farm, until the late 1980's, when they moved to Denison.
She enjoyed farm life, milking cows, raising chickens, cooking and flower and vegetable gardening. Included in some of her favorites were fishing in the Boyer River, traveling to Minnesota with Jerry to fish, attending her grandchildren’s baseball and softball games, socializing at Bingo and a game of euchre and the occasional ticket lottery game. In her younger years she pitched for a softball team. She was very active and limber and was able to manage acrobatic maneuvers, even in her sixties.
Norma was preceded in death by her parents, one son, Kenny in infancy, one brother, Vernie and a brother-in-law, Donald Zimmer. Survivors include her husband, Jerry; three sons, Kevin and his wife, Diane; Dennis and Michelle; and Mike and his wife, Dena; two daughters, Jeriann and her husband, Dean ; and Bonnie and her husband, Blaine; fourteen grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; two brothers, Lloyd and his wife, Trudy; and Ray and his wife, Jean; one sister, Betty; two sisters-in-law, Lorraine; and Mary Lou; her step-father, Herman; and three step-brothers, Albert; Glen and Larry; many other relatives and friends.