Obit for NOREEN, Mrs. John (Velva Salome Harmer) (b.1898 d.1996) Rice Co., MN
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OBITUARY FOR VELVA SALOME HARMER, DAUGHTER OF 
HERBERT HARMER AND ELIZABETH DENNY SWAM, BORN IN DODGE CENTER
Northfield News, Dec. 4, 1996 pg. 11A

VELVA SALOME NOREEN 
Velva Salome Noreen
Age: 98
Died: February, Nov. 29, 1996, Northfield
Services: Bierman Funeral Home, the  
Officiating: Rev. Craig Breimhorst (organist and soloist named)
Pallbearers: (7 named) 
Honorary pallbearers: (5 named) 
Interment: Northfield Cemetery.  
Born: Sept. 9, 1898, Dodge Center
Parents: Herbert and Elizabeth (Swam) Harmer
Attended: country school, Northfield High School  
Married: Nov. 6, 1920
Spouse: John Delbert Noreen
1946: moved to Northfield
Active member: Dakota County 4-H program
               Waterford Ladies Aid 
               Northfield Hospital Auxiliary
Hobbies: making and teaching crafts
         garden (flowers)  
Survivors: four daughters (named)
           two sons (named)
           14 grandchildren
           27 great grandchildren 
Preceded in death by: parents
                      husband: John
                      two sons: John and Arland
                      sister: Pearl Cowell
                      five brothers: Herbert, Earl, Clifford, Richard 
                                     and Paul Harmer
Arrangements: Bierman Funeral Home