Obituary of Norma Jean Friel

Norma J., 93 yrs., Tucson, AZ.  Preceded in death by husband Robert E.; son Patrick and daughter Shannon; parents, Paul and Gretchen Heil; sister, Darlene Miller.  Survived by children and spouses, Michael Shawn Friel, Kathleen Ann Riley, Kelly Colleen Gensler, Sherri Lee Meredith, Bridget Alice Stolz, and Molly Patricia Friel-Dowling; 18 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren; brother Paul Heil; sister Billie Lou Maestas.

Norma received her Registered Nurse license from the State of Nebraska in July 1950 and worked as a RN up until 1997 when she moved from Bellevue, WA to Tucson, AZ. 

SERVICES: November 6, 2021, 10:00 a.m., at St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church, 3201 E Presidio Road, Tucson, AZ.  Interment, on a date to be announced, Calvary Cemetery, Omaha, NE. 

MEMORIALS:   The Patrick and Shannon Friel Memorial Fund, Creighton Preparatory School, 7400 Western Ave, Omaha, NE.  68114.

A Silent Tear

Just close your eyes and you will see

All the memories that you have of me

Just sit and relax and you will find

I’m really there inside your mind

Don’t cry for me now I’m gone

For I am in the land of song

There is no pain, there is no fear

So dry away that silent tear

Don’t think of me in the dark and cold

For here I am, no longer old

I’m in that place that’s filled with love

Known to you all as ‘up above’

-Author Unknown