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Olive May Webber Norem

Birth	:	26 Aug 1937 Iowa Falls, Hardin County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	19 Dec 2011 Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Union Cemetery, Iowa Falls, Hardin County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.5280342, -93.2704773
Description	:	Olive May Webber Norem was the oldest of two children born to Dr. Scott I. and Eva Elizabeth Hogan Webber. According to an old family tale, lightning struck the chimney in this house at the exact time she was born. What a way to enter the world. In searching old newspaper and weather reports of that day, nothing could be found to substantiate this, but it was an interesting topic of discussion at times. When she was age 4, her brother, Oscar J. Webber joined the family. Sometime between then and the age of five, the family moved... Read More	Olive May Webber Norem was the oldest of two children born to Dr. Scott I. and Eva Elizabeth Hogan Webber. According to an old family tale, lightning struck the chimney in this house at the exact time she was born. What a way to enter the world. In searching old newspaper and weather reports of that day, nothing could be found to substantiate this, but it was an interesting topic of discussion at times. When she was age 4, her brother, Oscar J. Webber joined the family. Sometime between then and the age of five, the family moved to a duplex on Depot Street on the east side of Iowa Falls. Olive lived in this duplex until she married and left home. In the fall of 1942, she started her formal education at the Julia O'Neil School in Iowa Falls and completed fourth grade there. In October of 1943, her mother passed away---leaving her father, Scott, with the awesome job of raising two small children, ages 6 and 2 by himself. Scott was age 71 at that time. Life has not been the same since her mother died. Olive always said that losing her mother is the one loss she never quite got over. She often told her children that she thought about her mom almost every day. Olive often said that it was not easy growing up without her mom. Olive attended Central School from grade 5 through 8. She started high school in Iowa Falls with the class of 1955. When she was a senior, she met and married Selmer 0. (Sam) Norem, a farmer from Williams, Iowa. She did not graduate with her class. She moved from her father's home to a farm near Williams and became a farmer's wife. This marriage ended in divorce 10 years later. Olive never remarried. After the divorce was final, she became interested in finishing high school and attended GED classes. She was more than likely one of the first persons in Hardin County to complete high school this way and earn a GED certificate. This opened many doors for her and in 1972, she applied for admission into the Human Services program at Ellsworth Community College for that fall. In 1974, she graduated from Ellsworth with an Associate's Degree in Human Services. She liked the college life and shortly after graduation from Ellsworth, applied for admission to the Social Work program at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. She was accepted, moved herself and her family to Cedar Falls and in the fall of 1974, started classes in her chosen field. In the summer of 1976, she graduated from U.N.I., and had earned a Bachelor's Degree with a Social Work major and certificate. That same year, her daughter graduated from Northern University High School. Olive enjoyed her college years and often said she would gladly do them all over if she could. In the summer of 1977, she was offered a job as a child protective worker in Marshall County. This is when and why she moved herself and her family to Marshalltown, Iowa. She has lived there ever since. She always said that no matter where she might live, Iowa Falls would always be home. In 1981, she accepted a lateral transfer to the Iowa Veteran's Home and worked as a state licensed Social Worker 3 there for the next 20 plus years. She retired in 2001 due to health concerns. She often said she was very proud of her Webber family and it's history. She was proud of her brother and her 5 children and the fact that she went back to school and graduated from college with five children at home that she was raising by herself. She was very proud to have been part of the history of the Iowa Veteran's Home and her employment there. All totaled, she spent 24 plus years working as a licensed Social Worker 3 for the State of Iowa. She enjoyed genealogy and writing items for the family history, family get-togethers, interacting with her two grandsons, Chris and Andrew and her granddaughter, Kristy. She enjoyed traveling with her brother, the game Upwords, crossword puzzles, Chinese food, eating out, dancing, a good movie, cribbage, the Empress river boat in Iowa Falls, small dogs, and she loved Iowa and felt it truly was a "treasure between two rivers". She and her brother spent many, many hours looking for items for the family history and traveled to many states to find information and to meet with people who had information for their Webber, Hogan histories. She enjoyed collecting coins and has left many sets and coins for her children and several grandchildren. She collected Dept. 56 buildings and stopped collecting them when she had collected 120 of them. When she and her brother would go on a trip, she would buy an afghan as a remembrance of that trip. She has collected over 115 of them. She and her brother traveled to most of the lower 48 states and Canada. She loved Branson, Missouri and traveled there each chance she got. She also loved the beautiful rocky shores of Maine, especially the area around Booth Bay Harbor and Portland Head Lighthouse and visiting the Oxford area where a lot of her ancestors lived. She was one of the original members of the Hospitali-Tea Red Hat Ladies and was a member of the Red Hat Mamas. She is survived by five children, five grandchildren, two great=grandchildren, and a brother. Family members preceding her in death were her grandparents, Moses A. and Olive L. Dyer Webber, James and Martha Olive Hogan, her parents Scott and Eva Webber and a daughter, Diane Sue who died as an infant, her many aunts, uncles, cousins and her beloved dog, a Maltese name Toshie. [Source of obituary not identified.]

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Where is Olive May Webber Norem's memorial?
Olive May Webber Norem's memorial is located at: Union Cemetery, Iowa Falls, Hardin County, USA.
When did Olive May Webber Norem death?
Olive May Webber Norem death on 19 Dec 2011 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Olive May Webber Norem's memorial?
Latitude: 42.5280342
Longitude: -93.2704773

Family Members:

Parent

Scott Irving Webber

(1871 - 1957)

Eva Elizabeth Hogan Webber

(1912 - 1943)

Siblings

Oscar J. Webber

(1941 - 2012)

Children

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Union Cemetery
Iowa Falls, Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5280342, -93.2704773

2. Saint Mark Catholic Cemetery
Iowa Falls, Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5267000, -93.2701500

3. Friends Cemetery
Iowa Falls, Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5222015, -93.2375031

4. Northlawn Memory Gardens
Iowa Falls, Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4854200, -93.2678700

5. Montgomery Family Burial Ground
Iowa Falls, Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5932028, -93.3105961

6. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Grant Township, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5859985, -93.2070007

7. Alden Cemetery
Alden, Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5218000, -93.3864500

8. Bahr Cemetery
Buckeye, Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4380380, -93.3417480

9. Oakwood Cemetery
Owasa, Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4500008, -93.1731033

10. Kidwiler Cemetery
Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4571991, -93.1492004

11. Buckeye Cemetery
Buckeye, Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4508018, -93.3843994

12. Saint Peter's UCC Cemetery
Geneva, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6143010, -93.1639970

13. Cottage Cemetery
Iowa Falls, Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4049988, -93.3133011

14. Maynes Grove Cemetery
Hampton, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6577988, -93.2514038

15. Lincoln Cemetery
Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.3964005, -93.2542038

16. Maysville Cemetery
Hampton, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6511002, -93.2024994

17. Jackson Township Cemetery
Owasa, Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4219017, -93.1572037

18. Oak Hill Cemetery
Popejoy, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5816994, -93.4447021

19. Hazel Green Cemetery
Ackley, Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4780998, -93.0905991

20. Hardin County Home Cemetery
Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.3978004, -93.1524963

21. Tipton Norwegian Cemetery
Hardin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.3753014, -93.3458023

22. Saint Paul's Catholic Cemetery
Geneva, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6617012, -93.1442032

23. Oak Wood Cemetery
Ackley, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5591450, -93.0521440

24. Olson Cemetery
Popejoy, Franklin County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6383018, -93.4403000