Members of the Women’s Ensemble Rosella Goertzen Janet Peters Shirley Buller Arlyce Friesen Adeline Huebert Jo Buller Berdine Buller Carrie Bergen
MEMORIAL SERVICE of Norma Darlene Friesen Friday, April 29, 2016 COMMITTAL SERVICE 9:15 a.m. BETHESDA MENNONITE CHURCH CEMETERY
MEMORIALS may be directed to Mennonite Central Committee Meat Canning or the Bethesda Sound System.
Scripture Reading Pastor Andrea Wall 1 Chronicles 16:11-12, 25, 27; John 11:25-26; Romans 8:37-39
The family wishes to thank you for your presence and your expressions of loving support and invites you to lunch in the Fellowship Hall following this service.
“The Love of God”
Women’s Ensemble
Committal Prayer & Blessing on the Family
Pastor Jim Voth
CELEBRATION OF LIFE
CASKET BEARERS Kim Friesen Kevin Friesen Lonnie Nickels Craig Nickels Chad Nickels Dana Wall Darin Wall Drew Wall Dylan Wall
Norma D. Friesen, age 90, of Henderson, Nebraska, passed away Sunday, April 24, 2016, at Henderson. She was born August 17, 1925, in Henderson to William P. and Marie (Friesen) Siebert.
HONORARY CASKET BEARERS Karley Friesen Blake Friesen Nick Friesen Grant Friesen Garrett Friesen Cole Nickels Kylie Nespor Austin Nickels Mitchell Tucker Clay Nickels Marlee Nickels Maxee Nickels Melbee Nickels Murfee Nickels
She wrote, “I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Savior and was baptized on my confession of faith on June 13,1943 by Rev. A. W. Friesen. I was married to Walter A. Friesen on April 27, 1944, by Rev. A. W. Friesen.” She graduated from Henderson High School on May 25, 1943.
MEMORIAL SERVICE 10:00 a.m. Prelude
Marlene Ott, Organist
Call to Worship & Invocation
Pastor Andrea Wall
“One Day at a Time”
Women’s Ensemble
Celebration of Life
Pastor Andrea Wall
Tribute by Grandchildren Scripture Reading Meditation
Pastor Andrea Wall Psalm 27:1-14 Philippians 4:13 “God’s Strength in Us”
“Where the Roses Never Fade” Benediction
Pastor Jim Voth Women’s Ensemble Pastor Jim Voth
To this union, four children were born; Wally, Twila, Nyla and Dianne. She was a member of Bethesda Mennonite Church and enjoyed gardening, Mission Circle, Garden Club and Social Committee Chairman of numerous organizations including the first Nebraska Mennonite Central Committee Sale Social Chairman. Norma is survived by her children; Wally (Shirley) Friesen, Twila (Lloyd) Nickels of Hampton, Nebraska, Nyla Friesen (H. Joe Smiley) of Newton, Kansas, and Dianne Wall (Keith Wieseman) of Columbus, Nebraska. Also surviving are nine grandchildren; Kim (Karen) Friesen, Kevin (Stephanie) Friesen, Lonnie (Michelle) Nickels, Craig (Monica) Nickels, Chad (Jessica) Nickels, Dana, Darin, Drew and Dylan Wall. Great grandchildren
include Grant and Garrett Friesen, Karley, Blake and Nick Friesen, Cole and Austin Nickels, Kylie Nespor, Mitchell Tucker, Clay Nickels, and Marlee, Maxee, Melbee and Murfee Nickels. She is also survived by her sisters; Elvera Huebert of Henderson, Ardena Regier of Ogallala, Alvina Hofer of Bridgewater, South Dakota, Lois (Roger) Kroeker of Las Vegas, Nevada, and sisterin-law Marie (Harold) Epp of Henderson.
In Loving Memory
Norma was preceded in death by her parents, husband and granddaughter, Angela Marie.
Norma D. Friesen August 17, 1925 –April 24, 2016 Bethesda Mennonite Church Henderson, Nebraska