Norma Rodgers

Norma Rodgers, 93 years old, passed away on Friday, October 17, 2025, at Park Place, Mount Pleasant Iowa. She was born on June 19, 1932, in rural Henry County, Iowa on a farm near Swedesburg to Guy and Wilma Eubank. She attended school for seven years at Crawford Country School for west of Olds, and graduated from Olds High School in 1950. On September 9, 1951, she married Cleo Rodgers at Finley Chapel. They made their home on the family farm between Olds and Winfield where they raised their children together until Cleo’s death in 1969 when she moved into Olds. Norma kept busy helping to run their dairy farm where she had a large garden. She would can and freeze much of her garden produce. She also made crab apple jelly every year. One of her specialties was making homemade fudge and divinity at Christmas time. She taught Sunday school, led youth group, coached her daughter’s softball teams, and supported her family in the many sports and activities they participated in. She enjoyed traveling with family and friends and did missions work in Louisiana, Oklahoma and Kentucky.

She was a member of Finley Chapel where she belonged to UMW, their women’s group.

Norma was an excellent seamstress, making most of her children’s clothes when they were younger and assisted her nieces in sewing their wedding attire. Most recently, until she was no longer able, she sewed hundreds of school bags for Missions Ingathering. Those bags may still be in use today in another part of the world.

She was a talented artist, mostly doing sketches, but she was also successful when she tried her hand at painting.

She was also a skilled typist assisting her nephews with term papers, typing them on an old standard typewriter. Her typing skills were put to good use following Cleo’s death as she worked as a secretary in the Alumni Office at IWC and later as a transcriptionist at HCHC. Following her retirement, she lived with her sister, Alice Hawbaker in Tuscon, AZ for a few years before returning to Iowa and living in Swedesburg and more recently Mount Pleasant.

She is survived by her son Dave (Joan) rural Mount Pleasant, and daughters Kathy (Randy) Seberg, Mount Pleasant, Carol (Dennis) Hulseberg, Wellman, Robin (Scott) Fisher, New London and Tracy Rodgers, Des Moines. Also her grandchildren Tyler (Angie) Rodgers, Craig (Jess) Rodgers, Aimee (Greg) Shepherd, Kim Seberg, Nathan (Jenny) Seberg, Emma (Brett) Dwyer, Ada Hulseberg, Andres (Andrea) Alvarez, Normita (Ty) Watson, and Mateo Alvarez and 18 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

Norma was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, grandson Justin Rodgers, great grandson Christian Seberg and her sisters Mary Boal and Alice Hawbaker.

Funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, October 20, 2025, at Finley United Methodist Church. Pastor Linsey Ford will officiate. Burial will be in the Finley Cemetery. Visitation will be held Sunday, October 19, 2025, from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. at the Olson-Yoder-Funeral Home and Crematory where the family will greet friends from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. A memorial fund has been established for the Finley Cemetery.

A complete obituary will be posted soon.