Norman Barger

Tabor, SD

1937, 1791, Custer, F-12,

Norman J. Barger, age 87, of Yankton, passed away Monday, April 18, 2005, at Avera Yankton Care Center, Yankton, SD.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 22, 2005, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Yankton, with Rev. John Fischer officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery, rural Yankton, SD., with military graveside rites by the Kortan-Hatwan American Legion Post #183 of Tabor, SD. Visitation will be 1 to 9 p.m. Thursday, at the Kostel Funeral Home and Crematory, Yankton, with a rosary at 7:00 p.m. followed by a Scripture service at 7:30 p.m. Pallbrearers will be Robert Barger, Michael Dahlman, Richard Dahlman, Chad Madson, Sean Sundermann and Shane Golden.

Norman was born to James and Lena (Kreber) Barger on May 18, 1917, in Bonn Homme County, SD. He attended school in Hutchinson, Bon Homme and Yankton counties. He helped on their family farm, served in the CCC Camp and worked as a farm laborer on various farms. He enlisted in the U. S. Navy on April 6, 1942, and served in the South Pacific for 3 1/2 years.

He married Josephine Smith in San Diego, CA on March 9, 1943. After his discharge from the Navy on September 25, 1945, he started farming near Tabor and later purchased a farm near Utica, farming there until his retirement in 1990 at which time they moved to Yankton. He served on the Cattleman's Association, FHA Board of Directors, and was a Farm Bureau member. He was a lifetime member of the American Legion Post #183 of Tabor, SD, and a life member of the VFW Post #791 of Yankton. He was a longtime member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Yankton.

He enjoyed helping out on the farm and spending time with his family. "Grandpa Shorty" was the happiest when watching his great grandchildren in their activities.

He is survived by his wife, Josephine of Yankton; daughter, Janice (Charles) Dahlman of Westminster, CO; son, James (Gloria) Barger of Utica, SD; six grandchildren: Robert (Lisa) Barger, Julie Slate, Kristin (Chad) Madson, Melissa, Michael and Richard Dahlman; six great grandchildren: Kayla, Austin and Dillon Barger, Tanner Slate and Brooke and Lexi Madson; two sisters: Mary Ann (Alvin) Vanecek of Tabor, SD and Patty Schroder of Missouri Valley, IA.

His parents; two brothers: Donald and Howard Barger; and one sister, Betty Peterson proceded him in death.

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