Norma Nunnikhoven, 84, passed away on Mar. 6, 2022, at The Cottages in Pella. Funeral service will be Thursday, Mar. 10, at 1:30 p.m. at Trinity Reformed Church, Pella. Memorials have been designated for Wesley Life Hospice, Pella.
Norma Jean Nunnikhoven was born Jan. 23, 1938, to Dick and Alice (VerMeer) Langstraat. June 20, 1957, she was united in marriage to Henry Lee Nunnikhoven at Central Reformed Church in Oskaloosa. To this union, they were blessed with four children. Norma was a housekeeper and housewife who milked cows and dressed chickens. She had a large garden and did a lot of canning. Norma worked for Pella Schools hot lunch program for a few years and Central College housekeeping for 25 years. She then cleaned private homes for many years.
Norma and Lee’s family includes Marla (Daniel) Comstock of Pella, Vernon Nunnikhoven of Otley, Marcena (Guy) Schwab of Pella, and Marsha (Tim) Vanden Hoek of Sully; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; as well as her sister Dorothy Nunnikhoven of Pella.
Norma was preceded in death by her parents, her siblings Mabel Ryken, Lawrence Langstraat, Ralph Langstraat, Richard “Junior” Langstraat, Marilyn Kent, and Raymond Langstraat; granddaughter Michelle Comstock; grandson Michael Comstock; and great-grandson Benjamin Nunnikhoven.
