BLOOMINGTON - Norma Jean Fuerst, 62, of Lincoln, formerly of Bloomington, passed away Thursday (Sept. 10, 2009) at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Lincoln.

Cremation rites were accorded and burial will be at a later date in Park Hill Cemetery, Bloomington. There will be no services. Memorials may be made to the American Lung Association in her name. Kibler-Smith Memorial Home, Bloomington, is handling arrangements.

Norma was born on March 30, 1947, in Bloomington, to Orville E. and Geraldine Marie Edmunds Mohr. She married Thomas Clyde Fuerst on June 17, 1994, at Colorado Springs, Colo. He survives in Lincoln.

Also surviving are Thomas's three daughters; an aunt, Minerva Lierman, Colorado; a cousin, Misty Keyoth; and her family of Colorado and California, the Edmunds Family and close friends; Rhonda Ferree, Colorado, and Geneva Day, Mary Ellen Franklin, Janet Logan, Carol Rose, Sue Wingett, Sheri Bridges and Loren Carter, all of Illinois.

She enjoyed selling Avon and collecting everything, including stamps, rocks, Yogi Bear and Brewmania.

She had worked at Eureka Williams for many years.