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Blankenagel, Norma Palmer

 Person

Biographical History

Norma Ruth Palmer Blankenagel is a family historian and genealogist.

Norma Ruth Palmer was born July 2, 1930, in Raymond, Alberta, Canada, to Arlo Veslin Palmer and Zina Pearl Heninger. After attending Glendale Junior College in California for one year, she transferred to Brigham Young University. She married Harvey Blankenagel on September 17, 1951, in a civil marriage in Rosemary, Alberta, Canada. Norma and Harvey Blankenagel had five children and lived most of their lives in Moab, Utah, where Norma taught school.

Blankenagel currently resides in Southern Utah.

Citation:
UPB files, 27 February 2015 (Norma Ruth Palmer was born July 2, 1930, in Raymond, Alberta, Canada, to Arlo Veslin Palmer and Zina Pearl Heninger; attended Glendale Junior College in California for one year; transferred to Brigham Young University; married Harvey Blankenagel on September 17, 1951, in a civil marriage in Rosemary, Alberta, Canada; had five children and lived most of their lives in Moab, Utah, where Norma taught school; currently resides in Southern Utah).

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Norma Ruth Palmer Blankenagel collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3961
Scope and Contents

Contains the journals and a scrapbook of the Palmer family and their ancestors. Includes an electronic copy of the journals of Moroni Palmer, who served as a mission president for the LDS church, as well as other various Palmer family histories. Materials dated 1929-2014.

Dates: 1929-2014; Majority of material found within 1929-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Norma Ruth Palmer Blankenagel collection

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