Norma Evelyn Moritz was born August 20, 1918, to Henry and Alma (Swanson) Moritz, in Kennedy, MN, where she was raised. Norma attended cosmetology school in Minneapolis in 1937. Norma was married to Helmer Hoglin, June 15, 1940, in Warren, MN, and they lived in Lancaster, MN, Thief River Falls, MN, and Wahpeton, ND, before moving to Fargo, ND, in 1966. Norma furthered her cosmetology studies when they lived in Thief River Falls and that enabled her to teach cosmetology at Roberts Hairstyling in Fargo for six years. Helmer died October 25, 1978, and Norma remained in Fargo until moving to Brainerd, MN, in 1997, where she died Thursday, September 25, 2003, at Bethany Good Samaritan Village, at eighty-five years of age.
Norma is lovingly survived by a son, Gary Hoglin and his wife, Diane, of Baxter, MN; a daughter, Linda Knight and her husband, William, of St. George, UT; two sponsored sons, Murphy Yi of Las Vegas, NV, and Kevin Yi of Oxnard, CA; four grandchildren, James and Tim Hoglin, and Karen McConnell and Angie Knight; and a sister, Jean Somers and her husband, Perry, of Maple Grove, MN.
Visitation for Norma will be Monday, September 29, 2003, from 6 - 8 PM, in Korsmo Funeral Chapel, Moorhead. The funeral will be Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 2 PM, in Korsmo Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Moorhead.