#1 Printed in the November 23, 2011 Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska

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Mommsen, Norman, age 62

Bennington, NE. Survived by wife Kazuko; daughters and sons-in-law Kim and Raghava Potula of Dresher PA and Lisa and Joseph Howard of Little Rock, AR; 2 grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law Warren and Pat of Yutan, NE.

No visitation. Memorial Service on Saturday, November 6, 2011 at Reichmuth Funeral Home in Elkhorn at 10am. Memorials to American Cancer Society or SGI-USA

Note: The SGI is the world's largest Buddhist lay organization, with approximately 12 million Nichiren Buddhist practitioners in 192 countries and regions. --Wikipedia

#2 Funeral Leaflet

Norman Mommsen was born on April 17th, 1949 to Hans and Eleanor Mommsen. He grew up on a farm two miles south of Waterloo. While growing up, he greatly enjoyed farm life, hunting and 4-H. Norman graduated from Waterloo High School where he was on the football team.

He joined the United States Navy in September of 1967 and spent time in Korea, Vietnam and Japan. In February of 1971, he married Kazuko Koshiba in Japan. Norman and Kazuko returned to Nebraska in June of 1971 and eventually settle in a home in Fremont, Nebraska. Shortly thereafter, they bought a farm house in Ames, Nebraska where they lived for nearly three decades. He and Kazuko then moved to Bennington, Nebraska in 2005.

“Be diligent in developing your faith until the last moment of your life. Otherwise you will have regrets. For example, the journey from Kamakura to Kyoto takes twelve days. If you travel for eleven but stop with only one day remaining, how can you admire the moon over the capital?...

“How swiftly the days pass! It makes us realize how few are the years we have left. Friends enjoy the cherry blossoms together on spring mornings, and then they are gone, carried away like the blossoms by the winds of impermanence, leaving nothing but their names. Although the blossoms have scattered, the cherry trees will bloom again with the coming of spring, but when will these people be reborn? The companions with whom we enjoyed composing poems praising the moon on autumn evenings have vanished with the moon behind the shifting clouds. Only their mute images remain in our hearts. Though the moon has set behind the western mountains, we will compose poetry under it again next autumn. But where are our companions who have passed away? Even when the approaching tiger of death roars, we do not hear and are not startled.”—Major Writings of Nichireni, p. 1027

In Loving Memory of Norman J. Mommsen

Birth April 17, 1949; Death November 3, 2011

Memorial Service Reichmuth Funeral Home, Elkhorn, Nebraska, Saturday, November 26, 2011, 10:00 A.M. Officiant: Ray Bosch. Welcome. Recitation of Sutra. Incense Offering. Eulogy. Message of Condolence. Tributes. Words of Encouragement

Military Honors Conducted by American Legion Post #58, Valley, Nebraska

~~~Obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska ~~~

~~~Obituary and funeral leaflet courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska ~~~