Norma J. Stork, 87

Norma J. Stork, 87, of Blair died Wednesday, June 13, 2012, in Blair.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 16, at First Lutheran Church in Blair. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Friday with the family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m. at Campbell-Aman Funeral Home. Interment will be in the Herman Cemetery.

Norma Jeanne Jackson was born July 24, 1924, in Blair to George and Jeannette (Wilderson) Jackson.

She was raised in Washington County and graduated from Blair High School. After high school, she attended secretarial school in Omaha. After graduation, she began working for Walter Huber at his law office in Blair.

On October 6, 1943, she married Milo O. Stork of Orum during a ceremony on a farm in Kennard.

She worked for Blair Telephone Company for several years until she began working for Sapp Brothers, where she worked for 20 years. She then began working in the admissions office at Dana College.

The couple started the Old Oak and Pine Antique Shop after she retired from Dana College. She was an avid antique dealer and collector.

She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Orum until moving to Blair in 1995 when she became a member of First Lutheran Church in Blair.

She was a 60-year member of the Masonic Eastern Star.

She was very proud when her family received the 100-year Ak-Sar-Ben Pioneer Farm Family Award.

Mrs. Stork belonged to numerous card clubs. She enjoyed watching Nebraska football and the Chicago Cubs. She loved to collect recipes and cook for her family and friends.

She is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Richard and June of Blair and Wayne and Patricia of Omaha; daughters and son-in-law, Diana Klanderud of Blair and Carolyn and David Neef of Omaha; brother and sister-in-law, Robert L. and Betty Jackson of Middlesboro, Ky.; nine grandchildren, Chad, Amy, Jeremy, Tracy, Tyler, Abby, Molly, Adam and Alex; 10 great-grandchildren; and nieces, Sherre Jackson and Sandy Smiley.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Milo; and infant brother, George Jackson.

Memorials may be directed to the family who will donate to different organizations.

2nd obituary printed in the June 14, 2012 Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska

Note: Order of the Eastern Star insignia

Stork, Norma J. , age 87

Blair, Nebraska. Survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Wayne and Patricia, Omaha, NE, Richard and June, Blair, NE, daughters and son-in-law, Diana Klanderud, Blair, NE, Carolyn and David Neef, Omaha, NE, 9 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren.

SERVICES 10:30am Saturday First Lutheran Church, Blair; BURIAL Herman Cemetery. VISITATION will begin 1pm Friday with family receiving friends from 6 to 8pm. Memorials may be directed to the family, who will give to different organizations.

Campbell-Aman Funeral Home, Blair, NE 402-426-2191

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

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