Norma Noraine Bowman (86) of St. Peter

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Published on October 22 2019 8:23 am

Norma Noraine Bowman, age 86, of St. Peter, Illinois passed away at 2:26 p.m. on Sunday, October 20, 2019 at HSHS St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Illinois.

Funeral service will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 24 at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in St. Peter, Illinois with a one-hour viewing prior to the service. Reverend Ryan Meyers will be officiating. Burial will be in St. Peter Lutheran Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Pagel Funeral Home in St. Peter, Illinois. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the St. Peter Lutheran Church, Lutheran Care Center or the donor’s choice. Online condolences may be expressed by clicking here. 

Norma was born on January 1, 1933 in Texas County, Missouri, the daughter of Elmer F. and Nellie G. (Tuttle) Munzer.    

Norma retired from McDonald Douglas Corporation in 1989 after 31 years of service. Fulfilling the desire to be closer to her son, daughter-in-law and family, Norma chose to move to St. Peter, Illinois in 1991. Norma was one to always want to be busy, enjoying many “after retirement” jobs. Secretary for the Three Corner Ambulance Service, St. Peter City Council, tax accountant for Sproat Tax Service and her most recent employment with ADM working in the office during harvest season. She would have enjoyed her 25th year with ADM working this harvest season. Norma was a member of St. Peter Lutheran Church, the St. Peter Ladies Aid/LWML and Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. Norma enjoyed playing cards and Bunco with both lifelong friends in St. Louis and St. Charles and her newfound friends in St. Peter and Farina. Most of all, she loved spending time with her family and enjoying her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Norma is survived by her son Michael Bowman (wife Nancy) of Altamont, Illinois; one brother, Kenneth Munzer (wife Mary Lou) of O’Fallon, Missouri; two grandsons, Derek Bowman (wife Casie) and Clint Bowman (wife Mackenzie), both of Altamont, Illinois; four great-grandchildren, Emma, Eli, Olivia and Reed all of Altamont, Illinois; several nieces and nephews and a host of friends whom she always held near and dear to her heart.            

Norma was preceded in death by her parents, Elmer F. and Nellie G. Munzer.