Dawson County NeArchives Obituaries.....Harms, Norvin L. October 9, 2009
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Lexington Clipper-Herald Oct. 14, 2009
Norvin L. Harms, 78, of Johnson Lake, died Friday, Oct. 9, 2009, at his home. 
Funeral Services were held Monday, Oct. 12, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. at the Grace
Lutheran Church in Lexington with Pastor Megan Morrow officiating. 

Burial with Military Honors was in the American Lutheran Cemetery north of
Gothenburg. 

Visitation was Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009 at Reynolds-Love Funeral Home in Lexington.

Survivors include his son Garry and fiancée Andrea Ostrum of McCook; one
daughter, Nancy (Mike) Deboer of Kearney; one brother, Stanley (Leona) Harms of
 Newcastle, Okla.; six grandchildren, Kristen Harms and Kyle Harms, both of
McCook, Dr. Bethany Deboer of Los Angeles, Calif.,  Zac Deboer of Lincoln, Dusty
Deboer of Lexington, Holly (Cory) Parker of Lincoln; one great-grandchild, Myles
Parker of Lincoln and special friend Willa Olson of Johnson Lake. 
  
Norv was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Flossie; an infant son; one
brother, Laverne and one sister, Alice.

Norvin was born to Albert and Rosa (Cross) Harms on Oct. 4, 1931.  He grew up on
a farm north of Cozad.  Norvin was baptized on Nov.13, 1931, and confirmed on
April 14, 1946 at the Christ Lutheran Church.  He went to grade school at
District No. 34 and graduated from Cozad High School in 1949. 

He worked on the farm until he enlisted in the United States Air Force during
the Korean War.  He served until 1955 and was honorably discharged.  On June 3,
1954, he married Flossie Rodgers at Cozad.  The couple resided in Oklahoma until
1955.  

Following his time in the service they moved back to Cozad north of town.  They
lived on the family farm until 1975.  They then moved into the town of Cozad. 
Norvin and Flossie sold their place in Cozad and lived in Arizona in the winter
and at Johnson Lake in the summer.  Whiling living at Johnson Lake, Norvin
worked for the Nebraska Game and Parks.  He retired in the late 1990s.  
Norvin enjoyed fishing and volunteering at the Heartland Military Museum in
Lexington.  He also enjoyed spending time with his coffee and happy hour friends. 
 
He was a member of the American Legion and VFW.  He was also a member of the
American Lutheran Church in Cozad for many years and was now a member of Grace
Lutheran Church in Lexington. 


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