STROUD, Norma L.

Norma L. Stroud, 83, of Grand Island, died Wednesday evening, July 13, 2005 at the Skilled Care Unit of St. Francis Medical Center. Services will be held Monday, July 18, 2005 at 10:30 A.M. from Gollaher Chapel of Trinity United Methodist Church. Rev. Onamae Wadell officiating. Visitation will be Sunday evening from 4-8 P.M. at the Livingston-Sondermann Funeral Home with the family present to received friends from 4-6 P.M. Cremation will follow the service with inurnment in the Merna, Nebraska Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to Trinity United Methodist Church, Skilled Care Unit of St. Francis Medical Center or the American Cancer Society. Norma was born July 18, 1921 at Vliets, Kansas the daughter of Ebben and Lillie (Winquist) Carlson. She received her education at Vliets and graduated from Vermillion High School in 1940. She went to Kansas City after high school and worked as a governess for 4 years, she also was employed at Montgomery Ward, Knaus Truck Lines, National Cash Register Co. and Carpenter Paper before her marriage. She was united in marriage to Harold Stroud at the Salem Lutheran Church in Axtell, Kansas on June 29, 1947. They moved to Grand Island where she worked for Brubaker White Truck. The moved to Merna, Nebraska in 1948 where they owned and operated a jewelry store. In 1951 they came back to Grand Island. She worked for Hertz Rent-a-car and Bonsall Pool Co. After Harold’s death in 1960 she worked at Wasmer School and New York Life Insurance Company for Bill Burton. Later she worked at Jakes Bake Shop. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Roberta Rice Circle, Crysalis Red Hat Society and the Grand Island Woman’s Club. Survivors include two sons, Jerry Stroud of Hemosa Beach, California and Robert and his wife Melissa of Grand Island. Two grandsons, Eric and Jared, and two brothers, John and his wife Dorothy Carlson of Topeka, Kansas and Dayton and his wife Carla Carlson of Hill City, South Dakota. Besides her husband she was preceded in death by infant twin sons.