Norma LaVera (Maggard) Thim was born September 8, 1919 to Charles E. and Cora A. (Simmons) Maggard at DeNova, Colorado.

She attended White Rose Elementary School and High Prairie High School, graduating in 1937. After graduation, she worked about a year for Arthur Donald. She helped prepare meals for the carpenters, while they were building the Donald's new home.

Norma then went to Denver to Cosmetology School. She worked as a beauty operator until the ammunition plants opened up during World War II. She worked at that plant until the end of the war, loading bullets and later making bullet parts.

Later, Norma worked in two different manufacturing companies. One was Gates Rubber Company in Denver, making inner tubes. The other company was Heco Manufacturing Company in Littleton. She worked as an inspector where war medals were made for the soldiers that fought in World War II. Later this plant was turned into a shock absorber company, where she worked until she got married.

She was united in marriage to Kenneth Thim on October 16, 1955, at which time she returned to the eastern plains to start her life as a wife and mother to Kenneth's four boys Carroll, Gary, Duane and Rodney Thim. Two daughters, Nelda Kay and Karlene Joyce were born to the union of Kenneth and Norma.

Norma helped on the farm milking cows and spending numerous hours working in the fields driving tractors, trucks, and combines. She has been a member of the United Methodist Church in Akron since 1963. Norma was a member of the Akron Rebekah Lodge. She was also involved in Prairie Bells Club. Norma enjoyed working in her flower and vegetable gardens, ceramics, embroidering, and crocheting.

Members of her immediate family preceding her in death were her parents Charles and Cora Maggard; her husband, Kenneth Thim; her sister, Verneal Love; her brother, Blaine Maggard; grandson, Kevin Thim; infant daughter, Nelda Kay; two infant grandsons; and an infant granddaughter.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Karlene and Ken Huson of Berthoud; stepsons and daughters-in-law, Carroll Thim of Otis, Gary and Barbara Thim of Longmont, Duane and Alice Thim of Yuma and Rodney and Marilyn Thim of Brush, along with eleven grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren; as well as two sisters, Gwenyth Rantschler of Englewood, and Marsolie Perry of Aurora, sister-in-law Beulah Maggard of Yuma and many nieces, nephews, and friends.