Barbara Jean Nomanson Worley (died 1983)
(Mrs. Dale Edward Worley)
 LHS freshman class, 1941 |
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This Sept. 7, 1944, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 5, column 3:
- The Misses Lora and Barbara Nomanson have joined the cadet nurses' corps and are now receiving training at Mercy hospital, Gary.
The following July 11, 1957, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 5, columns 3-4:
Barbara Nomanson Weds Dale Worley
Barbara Nomanson became the bride of Dale E. Worley of Highland Saturday, June 29, in the parsonage of Lowell Methodist church.The bride, who has been making her home in Gary, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Nomanson of Lowell.
The bride wore a two piece pink silk dress in street length and a white orchid corsage for her wedding.
The matron of honor was Mrs. Joseph Mika, Jr., and she was attired in a powder blue summer knit dress with matching accessories. She wore a corsage of pink roses.
The best man for the ceremony was Joseph Mika, Jr.
The Rev. Claude J. Eaton officiated at the rites after which the couple greeted 75 guests at a reception in the Cedar Lake home of the bride's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. John Vislosky.
After a brief wedding trip the newlyweds are making their home at 4104 Madison street, Gary.
The new Mrs. Worley was graduated from Lowell high school and the St. Mary's Mercy Hospital School of Nursing. Her husband, an alumnus of the Media, Illinois, schools, is associated with Nickels Engineering in Highland.
Dale Worley was formerly associated with the Belanger racing team when car No. 99 won the 500 mile race at Indianapolis in 1951 and the national AAA championship the same year.
A copy of the following article, from the July 6, 1983, Lowell Tribune, was found in the Lowell Public Library clippings file (LH--Vital Statistics, vol 1, page 40):
- Barbara Jean Worley, age 56, of Griffith, passed away Fri., July 1, 1983. She is survived by two sons, Michael and Douglas, both of Griffith; one daughter, Lynn Ellen Worley of Crosby, Tex.; her mother, Myrtle Nomanson of Lowell; and four sisters, Lenora Nomanson of Merrillville, Betty Duncan of Manitowash Waters, Wis., Elaine Visloski of Merrillville, and Judy Buser of Kankakee, Ill.; one brother, Jack Nomanson of Carnation, Wash. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dale "Tiny," in 1964, and her father, Edward Nomanson, in 1980. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. July 5 from Sheets Funeral Home in Lowell, with John P. Starr officiating. Burial followed at Lowell Cemetery. She was a graduate of the Mercy Hospital School of Nursing and was employed at St. Catherine Hospital in East Chicago.
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