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Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Norma A. DeWitte
Age: 89
City: Brooklyn
Funeral Home
Kloster Funeral Home
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Norma A. DeWitte
Norma A. DeWitte
Brooklyn
Norma A. DeWitte, age 89, of Brooklyn, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2024, at Pinicon Senior Living in Anamosa. Visitation: 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., Saturday, December 7, 2024, at Kloster Funeral Home, Brooklyn. A funeral service will follow at 3:00 p.m., at the funeral home with Pastor Lisa Whitmarsh Peterson officiating. Burial will be at Harmony Cemetery, rural Brooklyn. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to First Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Fire Department and the East Poweshiek Ambulance Service.
Norma is survived by her children, Vicky (Greg) Joens of Gold Canyon, AZ, Randy DeWitte of Chandler, AZ, Scott (Jayne) DeWitte of Mount Vernon; four grandchildren, Katie Joens of Topeka, KS, Kolbe (Taylor) Joens of Oro Valley, AZ, Reilly DeWitte of Chandler, AZ, Hannah DeWitte of Mount Vernon; and one great-granddaughter, Lyla Joens of Oro Valley, AZ.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Don and a sister Betty Burmeister.
Norma Ann Fullmer was born March 8, 1935, in Irving, Iowa, the daughter of Lester and Blanche Hladky Fullmer. She graduated from Belle Plaine high school in 1952. Norma was united in marriage to Don DeWitte on July 24, 1954. She was a homemaker, and helped on the family farm south of Brooklyn for 60 years. Norma was active and glad to lend a hand in the Brooklyn Community when needed. She enjoyed gardening, playing cards, bingo, and loved watching the Iowa Hawkeyes. Most of all Norma loved being a Grandma and Mother. She always enjoyed her winter trips to Arizona to visit her family and to escape the snow. She spent a lot of time with Scott’s family in Iowa. She was the best Grandma and will be missed dearly by all of her children and grandchildren.
Online condolences: www.klosterfuneralhome.com