TWIN FALLS • Norma Lou Bergin, 79, of Twin Falls, Idaho, died Monday, Dec. 2, 2014, at River Ridge Care and Rehabilitation Center in Twin Falls, Idaho.
She was born Norma Lou Broyles on Nov. 8, 1935, in Hailey, Idaho, to Otto and Elizabeth Broyles. She was the youngest child born into a family of four children with three older brothers. In seventh grade, she was diagnosed with polio and was placed in an iron lung for one year. Her family owned a little business called Broyles Pharmacy and, as a teenager, she worked behind the soda fountain. She was also in Job’s Daughters in junior high and throughout high school and was also involved with Campfire Girls.
On Feb. 22, 1953, she married her high school sweetheart, Fran Bergin. Shortly after that union, they welcomed a son, Don, and two years later a daughter came along, Cindy. In 1958, Fran moved to California for mortuary school and two months later, Norma moved her and their two children down to be with him. In 1960, they moved back to Shoshone, Idaho, and bought the mortuary in Shoshone, renaming it Bergin Funeral Chapel.
Norma assisted Fran in the business, where she kept the books and helped with all the funerals. They also had many other businesses, including Bergin Rentals, taking care of the school busses and assisting Fran on the ambulance service. In 1962, they welcomed another daughter, Tammy. Norma was a member of the First Baptist Church of Shoshone Norma always thought of her family first and often said her purpose in life was her grandchildren. She never missed any grandkid’s events. She always had a sixth sense when someone in the family was sick and was always there to help out. She enjoyed many things, including tole painting, ceramics, pinochle and bridge, working in her flower beds, sewing, knitting and crocheting.
Surviving Norma is her loving husband of 61 years, Fran; her three children, Don of Boise, Cindy (Robert) Young of Twin Falls and Tammy (Gary) Swaner of Shoshone; her brother, Richard (Elaine) Broyles of Moscow; six grandchildren, Pat Matthews of Texas, Becky (Joe) LaManna of Ketchum, Idaho, Kristine (Fred) McDonald of Jerome, Greg (Khara) Sant of Kimberly, Joe (Jody) Young of Kimberly and David Young of Hansen, Idaho; nine great-grandchildren, Kyla, Shay, Wiley, Ryan, Brianna, Cody, Mason, Kaiden and Jake. Norma was preceded in death by her parents, Otto and Elizabeth Broyles; and her brothers, Glenn and Ted Broyles.
Visitation for Norma will be held from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, at Parke’s Magic Valley Funeral Home, 2551 Kimberly Road in Twin Falls. The funeral for Norma will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Shoshone First Baptist Church, 205 E. Fifth St. in Shoshone, Idaho. Interment will be held following the service at the Shoshone Cemetery in Shoshone, Idaho.
All services and arrangements are under the direction of Parke’s Magic Valley Funeral Home of Twin Falls, Idaho. Those wishing to share memories and condolences may do so on Norma’s memorial website at www.magicvalleyfuneralhome.com.
She was born Norma Lou Broyles on Nov. 8, 1935, in Hailey, Idaho, to Otto and Elizabeth Broyles. She was the youngest child born into a family of four children with three older brothers. In seventh grade, she was diagnosed with polio and was placed in an iron lung for one year. Her family owned a little business called Broyles Pharmacy and, as a teenager, she worked behind the soda fountain. She was also in Job’s Daughters in junior high and throughout high school and was also involved with Campfire Girls.
On Feb. 22, 1953, she married her high school sweetheart, Fran Bergin. Shortly after that union, they welcomed a son, Don, and two years later a daughter came along, Cindy. In 1958, Fran moved to California for mortuary school and two months later, Norma moved her and their two children down to be with him. In 1960, they moved back to Shoshone, Idaho, and bought the mortuary in Shoshone, renaming it Bergin Funeral Chapel.
Norma assisted Fran in the business, where she kept the books and helped with all the funerals. They also had many other businesses, including Bergin Rentals, taking care of the school busses and assisting Fran on the ambulance service. In 1962, they welcomed another daughter, Tammy. Norma was a member of the First Baptist Church of Shoshone Norma always thought of her family first and often said her purpose in life was her grandchildren. She never missed any grandkid’s events. She always had a sixth sense when someone in the family was sick and was always there to help out. She enjoyed many things, including tole painting, ceramics, pinochle and bridge, working in her flower beds, sewing, knitting and crocheting.
Surviving Norma is her loving husband of 61 years, Fran; her three children, Don of Boise, Cindy (Robert) Young of Twin Falls and Tammy (Gary) Swaner of Shoshone; her brother, Richard (Elaine) Broyles of Moscow; six grandchildren, Pat Matthews of Texas, Becky (Joe) LaManna of Ketchum, Idaho, Kristine (Fred) McDonald of Jerome, Greg (Khara) Sant of Kimberly, Joe (Jody) Young of Kimberly and David Young of Hansen, Idaho; nine great-grandchildren, Kyla, Shay, Wiley, Ryan, Brianna, Cody, Mason, Kaiden and Jake. Norma was preceded in death by her parents, Otto and Elizabeth Broyles; and her brothers, Glenn and Ted Broyles.
Visitation for Norma will be held from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, at Parke’s Magic Valley Funeral Home, 2551 Kimberly Road in Twin Falls. The funeral for Norma will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Shoshone First Baptist Church, 205 E. Fifth St. in Shoshone, Idaho. Interment will be held following the service at the Shoshone Cemetery in Shoshone, Idaho.
All services and arrangements are under the direction of Parke’s Magic Valley Funeral Home of Twin Falls, Idaho. Those wishing to share memories and condolences may do so on Norma’s memorial website at www.magicvalleyfuneralhome.com.
TWIN FALLS • Norma Lou Bergin, 79, of Twin Falls, Idaho, died Monday, Dec. 2, 2014, at River Ridge Care and Rehabilitation Center in Twin Falls, Idaho.
She was born Norma Lou Broyles on Nov. 8, 1935, in Hailey, Idaho, to Otto and Elizabeth Broyles. She was the youngest child born into a family of four children with three older brothers. In seventh grade, she was diagnosed with polio and was placed in an iron lung for one year. Her family owned a little business called Broyles Pharmacy and, as a teenager, she worked behind the soda fountain. She was also in Job’s Daughters in junior high and throughout high school and was also involved with Campfire Girls.
On Feb. 22, 1953, she married her high school sweetheart, Fran Bergin. Shortly after that union, they welcomed a son, Don, and two years later a daughter came along, Cindy. In 1958, Fran moved to California for mortuary school and two months later, Norma moved her and their two children down to be with him. In 1960, they moved back to Shoshone, Idaho, and bought the mortuary in Shoshone, renaming it Bergin Funeral Chapel.
Norma assisted Fran in the business, where she kept the books and helped with all the funerals. They also had many other businesses, including Bergin Rentals, taking care of the school busses and assisting Fran on the ambulance service. In 1962, they welcomed another daughter, Tammy. Norma was a member of the First Baptist Church of Shoshone Norma always thought of her family first and often said her purpose in life was her grandchildren. She never missed any grandkid’s events. She always had a sixth sense when someone in the family was sick and was always there to help out. She enjoyed many things, including tole painting, ceramics, pinochle and bridge, working in her flower beds, sewing, knitting and crocheting.
Surviving Norma is her loving husband of 61 years, Fran; her three children, Don of Boise, Cindy (Robert) Young of Twin Falls and Tammy (Gary) Swaner of Shoshone; her brother, Richard (Elaine) Broyles of Moscow; six grandchildren, Pat Matthews of Texas, Becky (Joe) LaManna of Ketchum, Idaho, Kristine (Fred) McDonald of Jerome, Greg (Khara) Sant of Kimberly, Joe (Jody) Young of Kimberly and David Young of Hansen, Idaho; nine great-grandchildren, Kyla, Shay, Wiley, Ryan, Brianna, Cody, Mason, Kaiden and Jake. Norma was preceded in death by her parents, Otto and Elizabeth Broyles; and her brothers, Glenn and Ted Broyles.
Visitation for Norma will be held from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, at Parke’s Magic Valley Funeral Home, 2551 Kimberly Road in Twin Falls. The funeral for Norma will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Shoshone First Baptist Church, 205 E. Fifth St. in Shoshone, Idaho. Interment will be held following the service at the Shoshone Cemetery in Shoshone, Idaho.
All services and arrangements are under the direction of Parke’s Magic Valley Funeral Home of Twin Falls, Idaho. Those wishing to share memories and condolences may do so on Norma’s memorial website at www.magicvalleyfuneralhome.com.
She was born Norma Lou Broyles on Nov. 8, 1935, in Hailey, Idaho, to Otto and Elizabeth Broyles. She was the youngest child born into a family of four children with three older brothers. In seventh grade, she was diagnosed with polio and was placed in an iron lung for one year. Her family owned a little business called Broyles Pharmacy and, as a teenager, she worked behind the soda fountain. She was also in Job’s Daughters in junior high and throughout high school and was also involved with Campfire Girls.
On Feb. 22, 1953, she married her high school sweetheart, Fran Bergin. Shortly after that union, they welcomed a son, Don, and two years later a daughter came along, Cindy. In 1958, Fran moved to California for mortuary school and two months later, Norma moved her and their two children down to be with him. In 1960, they moved back to Shoshone, Idaho, and bought the mortuary in Shoshone, renaming it Bergin Funeral Chapel.
Norma assisted Fran in the business, where she kept the books and helped with all the funerals. They also had many other businesses, including Bergin Rentals, taking care of the school busses and assisting Fran on the ambulance service. In 1962, they welcomed another daughter, Tammy. Norma was a member of the First Baptist Church of Shoshone Norma always thought of her family first and often said her purpose in life was her grandchildren. She never missed any grandkid’s events. She always had a sixth sense when someone in the family was sick and was always there to help out. She enjoyed many things, including tole painting, ceramics, pinochle and bridge, working in her flower beds, sewing, knitting and crocheting.
Surviving Norma is her loving husband of 61 years, Fran; her three children, Don of Boise, Cindy (Robert) Young of Twin Falls and Tammy (Gary) Swaner of Shoshone; her brother, Richard (Elaine) Broyles of Moscow; six grandchildren, Pat Matthews of Texas, Becky (Joe) LaManna of Ketchum, Idaho, Kristine (Fred) McDonald of Jerome, Greg (Khara) Sant of Kimberly, Joe (Jody) Young of Kimberly and David Young of Hansen, Idaho; nine great-grandchildren, Kyla, Shay, Wiley, Ryan, Brianna, Cody, Mason, Kaiden and Jake. Norma was preceded in death by her parents, Otto and Elizabeth Broyles; and her brothers, Glenn and Ted Broyles.
Visitation for Norma will be held from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, at Parke’s Magic Valley Funeral Home, 2551 Kimberly Road in Twin Falls. The funeral for Norma will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Shoshone First Baptist Church, 205 E. Fifth St. in Shoshone, Idaho. Interment will be held following the service at the Shoshone Cemetery in Shoshone, Idaho.
All services and arrangements are under the direction of Parke’s Magic Valley Funeral Home of Twin Falls, Idaho. Those wishing to share memories and condolences may do so on Norma’s memorial website at www.magicvalleyfuneralhome.com.
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