Norma Louise Duff Brzoznowski

Feb. 14, 1934 - Nov. 12, 2020

Norma Louise Duff Brzoznowski passed away Nov. 12, 2020, at ManorCare in Spokane, Washington at the age of 86 of natural causes.

She is survived by her daughter, Janet M. Gallegos, her son, Steven Brzoznowski (m. Kristin Goerisch), and her grandchildren, Marisa (m. Alejandro Acosta) and Javier Gallegos, and Stephanie and Shaina Goerisch. She joins her sons, Jerry Finch and Michael Brzoznowski in Heaven.

Norma was born and raised in Whitefish, Montana, the youngest of four children born to Charles and Daisy Duff. As a small child, she caught herself on fire and was hospitalized for months while she underwent skin grafts. Her nurses nicknamed her 'PeeWee,' a name that stuck for life!

Norma played piano by ear, and growing up she played for the Whitefish Methodist Church. She aspired to become a concert pianist with the encouragement of her high school music teacher. But life had other plans; she became a young wife and mother. Norma raised her four children mostly on her own.

She went to work as a switchboard operator for the Great Northern Railway. Later, she attended business college which led to a long and rewarding secretarial/administrative office career. She worked on a top-secret missile project while living in the Marshall Islands with her second husband and family. Norma retired from the Washington State DOR in Spokane in 1999 at age 65 with a combined almost 40 years of service with the railroad and state.

Norma loved family and enjoyed taking care of her home and garden. She loved animals, and always had pets. She enjoyed baking and started baking weeks ahead for Christmas. She loved clothes and shoes, and she shopped year round for Christmas and birthdays. Norma loved the Northwest's great outdoors and she swam, boated, fished and camped. After many years away, Norma's cremains return home where a graveside memorial will take place at Whitefish Cemetery on Aug. 6, 2021.