Norma Alewel, age 91, formerly of Concordia, died Saturday, July 30, 2022, at Bothwell Regional Health Center in Sedalia, MO.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 6, 2022, at Bethel United Church of Christ in Concordia, MO, with the Rev. Dr. Alan Gatewood officiating. Visitation will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday, August 5, at the Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home, Concordia. Burial will be in the Bethel United Church of Christ Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Bethel United Church of Christ or the Alzheimer's Association.
Born January 25, 1931, in Concordia, MO, she was the daughter of the late Richard Borgstadt and Lettie Summers Borgstadt. She was raised in Concordia where she was a 1948 graduate of Concordia High School. After graduation, she was a bookkeeper at Bailey Brothers Implement Co., Concordia.
On October 14, 1949, she married Hubert Alewel of Concordia in Bowling Green, MO. They lived in Concordia until August 1950 when they moved to New England, ND, for a year. There, she was a bookkeeper for an electrical company and then the Hettinger County Herald. They moved to Columbia, MO, until Hubert was drafted into the US Army. She moved back to Concordia from February 1952 to February 1954. After his discharge, they returned briefly to Columbia. From July 1955 until May 1964, they made the Kansas City area their home.
In May 1964, they moved to Chamberlain, SD, for Hubert's employment at The Chamberlain Register (Register Publishing Co.). Beginning in February 1965, she began working at Register Publishing Co. where they later became owners/publishers of the printing and newspaper business. They expanded their commercial printing business in July 1984 and changed the name to Register-Lakota Printing. Their two newspapers were sold in 1991. In 1994, they purchased a motel (Alewel's Lake Shore Motel) along the Missouri River in Chamberlain, SD.
The couple relocated in 2004 to the Concordia, MO, area where they owned farmland. They enjoyed rural living and being near family. In June 2019, they moved to The Arbors, a memory care facility, in Warrensburg, MO. They moved to Sylvia G. Thompson Residence Center in Sedalia, MO, on March 14, 2022.
In South Dakota, she was involved in the United Church of Christ, Mid-Dakota Hospital Auxiliary, American Legion Auxiliary, Chamberlain Area Chamber of Commerce, Chamberlain Area Historical Preservation Association, SD Press Association, SD Commercial Printers Association, SD Hall of Fame and Mt. Rushmore Preservation Society and enjoyed playing bridge, reading, volunteering and traveling.
Survivors include one daughter, one son, eight grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; 12 step-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband on April 14, 2022, and her sister, Nona Belle Jones.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 6, 2022, at Bethel United Church of Christ in Concordia, MO, with the Rev. Dr. Alan Gatewood officiating. Visitation will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday, August 5, at the Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home, Concordia. Burial will be in the Bethel United Church of Christ Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Bethel United Church of Christ or the Alzheimer's Association.
Born January 25, 1931, in Concordia, MO, she was the daughter of the late Richard Borgstadt and Lettie Summers Borgstadt. She was raised in Concordia where she was a 1948 graduate of Concordia High School. After graduation, she was a bookkeeper at Bailey Brothers Implement Co., Concordia.
On October 14, 1949, she married Hubert Alewel of Concordia in Bowling Green, MO. They lived in Concordia until August 1950 when they moved to New England, ND, for a year. There, she was a bookkeeper for an electrical company and then the Hettinger County Herald. They moved to Columbia, MO, until Hubert was drafted into the US Army. She moved back to Concordia from February 1952 to February 1954. After his discharge, they returned briefly to Columbia. From July 1955 until May 1964, they made the Kansas City area their home.
In May 1964, they moved to Chamberlain, SD, for Hubert's employment at The Chamberlain Register (Register Publishing Co.). Beginning in February 1965, she began working at Register Publishing Co. where they later became owners/publishers of the printing and newspaper business. They expanded their commercial printing business in July 1984 and changed the name to Register-Lakota Printing. Their two newspapers were sold in 1991. In 1994, they purchased a motel (Alewel's Lake Shore Motel) along the Missouri River in Chamberlain, SD.
The couple relocated in 2004 to the Concordia, MO, area where they owned farmland. They enjoyed rural living and being near family. In June 2019, they moved to The Arbors, a memory care facility, in Warrensburg, MO. They moved to Sylvia G. Thompson Residence Center in Sedalia, MO, on March 14, 2022.
In South Dakota, she was involved in the United Church of Christ, Mid-Dakota Hospital Auxiliary, American Legion Auxiliary, Chamberlain Area Chamber of Commerce, Chamberlain Area Historical Preservation Association, SD Press Association, SD Commercial Printers Association, SD Hall of Fame and Mt. Rushmore Preservation Society and enjoyed playing bridge, reading, volunteering and traveling.
Survivors include one daughter, one son, eight grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; 12 step-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband on April 14, 2022, and her sister, Nona Belle Jones.
Norma Alewel, age 91, formerly of Concordia, died Saturday, July 30, 2022, at Bothwell Regional Health Center in Sedalia, MO.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 6, 2022, at Bethel United Church of Christ in Concordia, MO, with the Rev. Dr. Alan Gatewood officiating. Visitation will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday, August 5, at the Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home, Concordia. Burial will be in the Bethel United Church of Christ Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Bethel United Church of Christ or the Alzheimer's Association.
Born January 25, 1931, in Concordia, MO, she was the daughter of the late Richard Borgstadt and Lettie Summers Borgstadt. She was raised in Concordia where she was a 1948 graduate of Concordia High School. After graduation, she was a bookkeeper at Bailey Brothers Implement Co., Concordia.
On October 14, 1949, she married Hubert Alewel of Concordia in Bowling Green, MO. They lived in Concordia until August 1950 when they moved to New England, ND, for a year. There, she was a bookkeeper for an electrical company and then the Hettinger County Herald. They moved to Columbia, MO, until Hubert was drafted into the US Army. She moved back to Concordia from February 1952 to February 1954. After his discharge, they returned briefly to Columbia. From July 1955 until May 1964, they made the Kansas City area their home.
In May 1964, they moved to Chamberlain, SD, for Hubert's employment at The Chamberlain Register (Register Publishing Co.). Beginning in February 1965, she began working at Register Publishing Co. where they later became owners/publishers of the printing and newspaper business. They expanded their commercial printing business in July 1984 and changed the name to Register-Lakota Printing. Their two newspapers were sold in 1991. In 1994, they purchased a motel (Alewel's Lake Shore Motel) along the Missouri River in Chamberlain, SD.
The couple relocated in 2004 to the Concordia, MO, area where they owned farmland. They enjoyed rural living and being near family. In June 2019, they moved to The Arbors, a memory care facility, in Warrensburg, MO. They moved to Sylvia G. Thompson Residence Center in Sedalia, MO, on March 14, 2022.
In South Dakota, she was involved in the United Church of Christ, Mid-Dakota Hospital Auxiliary, American Legion Auxiliary, Chamberlain Area Chamber of Commerce, Chamberlain Area Historical Preservation Association, SD Press Association, SD Commercial Printers Association, SD Hall of Fame and Mt. Rushmore Preservation Society and enjoyed playing bridge, reading, volunteering and traveling.
Survivors include one daughter, one son, eight grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; 12 step-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband on April 14, 2022, and her sister, Nona Belle Jones.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 6, 2022, at Bethel United Church of Christ in Concordia, MO, with the Rev. Dr. Alan Gatewood officiating. Visitation will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday, August 5, at the Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home, Concordia. Burial will be in the Bethel United Church of Christ Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Bethel United Church of Christ or the Alzheimer's Association.
Born January 25, 1931, in Concordia, MO, she was the daughter of the late Richard Borgstadt and Lettie Summers Borgstadt. She was raised in Concordia where she was a 1948 graduate of Concordia High School. After graduation, she was a bookkeeper at Bailey Brothers Implement Co., Concordia.
On October 14, 1949, she married Hubert Alewel of Concordia in Bowling Green, MO. They lived in Concordia until August 1950 when they moved to New England, ND, for a year. There, she was a bookkeeper for an electrical company and then the Hettinger County Herald. They moved to Columbia, MO, until Hubert was drafted into the US Army. She moved back to Concordia from February 1952 to February 1954. After his discharge, they returned briefly to Columbia. From July 1955 until May 1964, they made the Kansas City area their home.
In May 1964, they moved to Chamberlain, SD, for Hubert's employment at The Chamberlain Register (Register Publishing Co.). Beginning in February 1965, she began working at Register Publishing Co. where they later became owners/publishers of the printing and newspaper business. They expanded their commercial printing business in July 1984 and changed the name to Register-Lakota Printing. Their two newspapers were sold in 1991. In 1994, they purchased a motel (Alewel's Lake Shore Motel) along the Missouri River in Chamberlain, SD.
The couple relocated in 2004 to the Concordia, MO, area where they owned farmland. They enjoyed rural living and being near family. In June 2019, they moved to The Arbors, a memory care facility, in Warrensburg, MO. They moved to Sylvia G. Thompson Residence Center in Sedalia, MO, on March 14, 2022.
In South Dakota, she was involved in the United Church of Christ, Mid-Dakota Hospital Auxiliary, American Legion Auxiliary, Chamberlain Area Chamber of Commerce, Chamberlain Area Historical Preservation Association, SD Press Association, SD Commercial Printers Association, SD Hall of Fame and Mt. Rushmore Preservation Society and enjoyed playing bridge, reading, volunteering and traveling.
Survivors include one daughter, one son, eight grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; 12 step-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband on April 14, 2022, and her sister, Nona Belle Jones.
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