OBITUARY: Norma L. LeMaster

Norma L. LeMaster, 74, of Iowa City (formerly of Cedar Rapids), died Wednesday, January 1, 2014 after a short illness.

Her family will host a memorial celebration / open house on January 11th between 12:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. at the home she shared with her daughter and family -- 4362 Cumberland Lane, Iowa City, Iowa, 52245. Burial of cremains will be in Kahoka, Missouri in the spring.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be directed to the Norma LeMaster Memorial Fund -- memorials may be sent to her daughter at the above address.

Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service is handling arrangements.

Norma was born September 29, 1939 in Kahoka, the daughter of Roy and Ercell (Campbell) Bartels. Growing up in Kahoka, Norma graduated from Kahoka High School in 1957.

She married Jackie (Jack) Dean LeMaster on July 21, 1957. They were married until Jack passed away in 1971.

Norma worked as an administrative assistant at Oncology Associates in Cedar Rapids for many years until she retired in the fall of 2005 and moved to Iowa City to reside with her daughter and family.

She is survived by her daughter, Holly Bailey (Kevin) of Iowa City and her son, Denny LeMaster (Vicky Delgado) of Cedar Rapids; her grandchildren: Eva Jane, Sean, and Josie; her only sister, Beverly Browning (Maynard Browning) of Nevada, Missouri and their daughters -- Debbie Garton and family of Columbia, Missouri, and Brenda Anderson and family of Papillion, Nebraska.