Norma Dahlstrom
Norma J. Dahlstrom, 87, of Waukon died Thursday, December 22, 2016 at UnityPoint-Allen Hospital in Waterloo. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 28 at 11 a.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church in Waukon with Rev. Lynn G. Groe officiating. Burial will be at Oakland Cemetery, Waukon. Friends may call from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, December 27 at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon.
Norma Jean Dahlstrom was born November 27, 1929 in rural Clermont, the daughter of Albert and Neva (Ritchie) Schave. She was raised in Clermont and attended schools there.
October 7, 1949, Norma married Alto E. Dahlstrom at the Lutheran church in Castalia. The couple lived in Giard before moving to rural Waukon. Family was top priority for Norma and she loved cooking and baking for them, canning, and making bread. After her kids left home, Norma held a variety of jobs, including cooking for the S&D and the Country Club in Waukon, working housekeeping at the Waukon hospital, and plucking chickens at Agriprocessors in Postville.
She was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Waukon, where she also belonged to the women’s circle. She enjoyed working on puzzle books and word searches, and also liked to garden. Norma did some traveling in her later years; one memorable trip was to Las Vegas when she was in her 70s and was on an airplane for the first time.
Norma is survived by her children: Jolene (Darrell) Holtzclaw of Mooresville, IN, Ronald (Linda) and Dennis Dahlstrom, both of Waukon, Duane (Joni) Dahlstrom of Waterloo, Marlene Dahlstrom of Waukon, Julie (Joe) Connolly of La Porte City, Dale (Lynn) Dahlstrom of Waukon and Steven Dahlstrom of Coralville; 26 grandchildren; her great-grandchildren; and a brother, Albert “Sonny” Schave, Jr. of Waukon.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Alto, in 1986; an infant son; two grandsons, Alto L. Dahlstrom and Jesse Huntley; three brothers, Robert Schave, and Cecil and Lyle McBurney; and a daughter-in-law, Joan Dahlstrom.
Honorary casketbearers are Norma’s grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Casketbearers are Jason, Bill and Chris Dahlstrom, Steve Dahlstrom, Jr., Chris Penrose and Ryan Connolly.
Online condolences may be left at www.martinfunerals.com.
