Norma Pauline Schorfheide

Norma Pauline Schorfheide, age 95 of Bellaire, TX, formerly of Collinsville, IL born June 21, 1931 in Moweaqua, IL passed on Saturday October 24, 2026 at ComForCare Home Care in Bellaire, TX.

Norma graduated from Moweaqua High School in Moweaqua, IL. She married Fred Schorfheide on July 24, 1953 in Belleville, IL. Norma had a career in the secretarial field and retired from a job she loved as a secretary at Moweaqua Community Unit School in Moweaqua, IL. Norma served as the first woman elected to the position of Alderman for the Village of Moweaqua, IL. She was a member of St. John’s United Methodist Church, Richmond, TX and was previously a long-term, active member of St. John United Church of Christ in Collinsville, IL and First Christian Church, Moweaqua, IL. Norma was very dedicated to her church chairing and serving on numerous committees and working in the church kitchen whenever possible. She was a wonderful cook and was known for her baked goods and desserts. She loved her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Surviving are her two sons, Alan (Marilyn) Schorfheide of Richmond, TX and Phillip (Mark Shaulinskas) Schorfheide of Holland, MI.; three Grandchildren, Paul (Annie) Schorfheide of Bellaire, TX, Daniel Schorfheide (Ana) of Little Elm, TX, and Mark (Fiancé Kassandra Paape) of Belleville, IL; two great-grandchildren Todd and Caroline Schorfheide of Bellaire, TX; two brothers-in-law Arthur Schmittler of Springfield, IL and Thomas Mann of McMinville, OR; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents Ernest William and Frances (nee Perry) Zindel, Sr.; her husband Fred Schorfheide; her sister and brother-in-law Amelia and Reginald Adams; her brothers and sisters-in law Carroll and Virginia Zindel and Ernest (Joe) and Frances Zindel; sisters-in-law and brothers-in laws Bernice and Robert Martin, June and Millard Harmon, Jane and Ivan Moser; and sisters-in-law Alice Schmittler, and Carolyn Mann.

Arrangements are pending.

Memorials may be made to St. John United Church of Christ (Collinsville, IL) and Alzheimer’s Association. They will be accepted at the visitation or may be mailed to Barry Wilson Funeral Home, 2800 N. Center Street, Maryville, IL 62062.