Marvin L. Norman

Marvin L. Norman 70, Blue Springs, died Wednesday (4/23/08) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. He was born October 8, 1937 at Lincoln and was a graduate of Lincoln Northeast High School. He had served in the U. S. Air Force. Marvin served as a fireman for Lincoln Fire Department, owned and operated Norm's Repair Shop, and then was employed by the Burlington-Northern Railroad for thirty years until his retirement in 1999. He married Glenda Perrine on Sept. 13, 1958 at Wahoo. He married Judy Polinski on Jan. 16, 2003 at Beatrice. His hobbies included Blue Grass Music, was a self-taught fiddle and guitar player without being able to read music; riding motorcycles; martial arts, in which he held three black belt degrees, weight lifting; hunting, especially using black powder; camping, and was a member of the "Rode Hard And Put Up Wet" band.
Marvin is survived by his wife, Judy; by two daughters, Kelly Paulson of Lincoln; Suzanne Jirovsky and her husband Steve of Bee, Neb.; by a son, Matthew Norman of Wymore; by five grandchildren, Steven, Clayton, Joshua, Taylor, and Darrian; by a great granddaughter, Kasey Lane; by a niece, Trudy Gregg; by four stepchildren and nine step grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Edward Norman, LaVina (Fauth) Norman Murphy; his stepfather, Ray Otto Murphy; by an infant son, Steven; by his first wife, Glenda, on May 2, 1999; by a brother, Vernon; and by a sister, Lillian Hollingsworth-Carlone.
Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Monday (4/28/08) at the Griffiths-Hovendick Chapel, 708 North Sixth Street, Beatrice. Burial will be at the Blue Springs Cemetery. Visitation will be at the Laughlin-Hoevet Funeral Home, 505 North Ninth Street, Wymore from 12:30 p.m.-9 p.m. Sunday (4/27/08) with the family receiving friends from 5-7 p.m., then at the Griffiths-Hovendick Chapel from 10 a.m. until service time on Monday. Memorial to the Shrine Crippled Children's Hospitals and the American Cancer Society. Laughlin-Hoevet Funeral Home, Wymore, is in charge of arrangements.