Norma I. Pittack

Memorial services for Norma I. Pittack will be 2:00 P.M. Thursday, August 3rd at the Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Plainview. Inurnment will be in the Pleasant View Cemetery.

Norma Ione Pittack was born on March 17, 1919, on a farm in Plainview, Nebraska to Weaver and Mary Larson, and on the morning of November 9, 2022, she passed away peacefully with her family beside her.

As the youngest of seven sisters, she had fond memories growing up on the farm. She met Harold Pittack at a barn dance just outside of Plainview.

While working in Washington DC for the government, “Hap” mailed an engagement ring to the one room schoolhouse where she taught school. She never forgot tucking the package away until noon when she could open it privately while the children played outside. They were married on June 30, 1941.

After their wedding, she moved to DC to live with her husband until he was sent overseas during World War II. While her husband was away, Pittack traveled across the country to live in Santa Monica, Calif. where she worked at General Telephone Company as plant accountant from 1942 to 1943.

After her husband’s return, she moved back to DC for a short while to rejoin him before they moved to Winston Salem, N.C.

In 1946 the couple returned to their home state of Nebraska where they welcomed their children, Van and Rita into the world.

After living in Omaha for several years, they moved back to their hometown of Plainview, where she devotedly cared for her family.

She stayed busy with the Women's Club, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, her church, and raising her children.

The Pittacks moved to Billings, Mont. in 1971, where they enjoyed living close to their son, Van, and his family. She joined a newcomer’s club and took a part time job at Hart Albins department store. The couple spent many happy years in Montana developing lifelong friends through the Elks club, playing bridge, and pinochle.

In 1985, the Pittacks officially began wintering at their second home in Surprise, Ariz. where they were also close to family and friends.

Sadly, her husband passed away in 1994. Pittack’s resilience and love for her family gave her the strength to carry on and enjoy her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and many friends to the fullest.

Pittack continued to fly “South” for the winter until she was 99 years old. In 2012, she moved into Mission Ridge in Billings where she enjoyed playing bridge and making new friends.

Pittack lived her 103 “and a half” years (as she would say) to the fullest with a grace and beauty rarely seen. She was remembered by family with “her kindness and positive outlook on life were an inspiration to all who had the privilege to have known her. The love that Norma displayed for her family was only matched by the love they had for her in return. She will be lovingly remembered and never forgotten. To have known her was truly a gift.”

Norma Ione Pittack is survived by son, Van Pittack and his wife Cheryle (Gustman); granddaughter, Michelle Pittack-Krause (Ben); and great-granddaughter, Ali; granddaughter, Sarah Wise (Jason); and great-grandsons: Chase and Bo; daughter, Rita Zitek and husband Steve; grandson, Greg Zitek (Laura); great-grandson, Ben; granddaughter, Emily Zitek; and great-granddaughters Avery and Riley, sister-in-law Sharalyn “Toots” Johnson and many nieces and nephews.