Norma M. Gerdes, 97, of Burlington, Iowa died at 12:15 a.m. Thursday, September 27, 2007, at her home.

            Born September 13, 1910 in Burlington she was the daughter of Ernest H. and Mathilda Pietzsch Gerdes.

            Miss Gerdes was a graduate of Burlington High School and Burlington Jr. College.  She also graduated from Evanston Hospital School of Nursing in Evanston, Illinois and a six-month postgraduate course in surgery at John’s Hopkins School of Nursing in Baltimore, Maryland.  Miss Gerdes was a registered nurse working for Surgeon’s, Inc. for 30 years and retiring in 1983.

            She was a member of First United Church of Christ, their Women’s Fellowship and Mission Circle, and the Jane Delano Society.

            Survivors include one nephew, Neal Gerdes of Indianapolis, Indiana and two great nieces, Lisa Norris and Kim Wright both of Knoxville, Tennessee.