Norma Jean Alter
Born: November 27th, 1924
Died: October 30th, 2003
Obituary
Norma Jean Alter, 78, of Burlington, formerly of MOrning Suna dn Mount Pleasant, died at 2:38 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, 2003 , at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.
Born Nov. 27, 1924, in Morning Sun, she was the daughter of Arthur Verne and MAry Georgia Siverly Wilson. On Nov. 27, 1946, she married William "Bill" ALter in Burlington.
Mrs. Alter was a homemaker and a registered nurse for 38 years at Mercy Hospital and Burlington Medical Center, working mostly in continuing education. She retired in 1983.
She was a 1942 graduate of Morning Sun High School and a 1945 graduate of Mercy Hospital School of Nursing. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, E.C. Blackmar Order of the Eastern Star and served ona committee for the Iowa Nurisng Association. She enjoyed working otside in the garden and lawn and loved toread, go mushrooming and teach at her job.
Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Nancy L. Lekin of Cedar Rapids and Jacqueline R. Plath of West Burlington; two sons, William E. Alter Jr. and Mark D. Alter, both of Burlington; 10 grandchildren;six great-grandchildren; her twin sister, Lorna M. Wilson of Burlington; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters and three brothers. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Lunning Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
The funeral for Mrs. Alter will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Dennis Tevis officiating. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Aspen Grove Cemetery.
Memorials have been established for Morning Sun and Burlington libraries for large print books.