In the early morning hours of  Saturday, September 26, 2020 in Bowman ND a good  Christian man, husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and friend slipped away from this life, to commit his rich singing voice to the choir of his Heavenly Father!

Eugene [Gene] Nordberg was embraced  into this world in Little Falls Minnesota in November 1931 by  his mother and father, Katherine Maeder Nordberg and Elmer Eugene Nordberg, along with his beloved sister Katherine.

Gene was  particularly proud of his time with the Boy Scouts, achieving the status of Eagle Scout as a young man. That experience helped him develop a deep sense of community service.   In 1951 Gene married his sweetheart Shirley Kedrowski,  received his business degree from Minnesota School of Business, and with their infant daughter the young couple begin their adventure by moving "out west " to Sidney, Montana. There Gene took a bookkeeping job with Yoder Motors, later known as Larson Motors.

Their  small two bedroom house soon overflowed with four children ; Candy, Kim, Tom, and Susan all arrived within just six years. Shirley and Gene  moved to the outskirts of Sidney where a neighborhood was about to emerge from fields of sugar beets and corn, to build their home. Soon they were surrounded by new families and friends while their own family expanded with the arrivals of Robert and Chris.

In 1976 Gene, Shirley, Rob, and Chris moved to Bowman, ND where Gene  switched from selling Ford's to Chevys as he and Shirley established Nordberg Chevrolet. Son Tom became Gene's partner and the business successfully grew through service, community focus, and reliably honest  dealings.  It was sold in 2001 noting Gene' 25 years of dedication.

In 1985 cancer robbed Gene and his family of their matriarch, Shirley at the young age of 54. Out of that sadness of loss, however the kindness of fate brought a sympathy card to Gene from a recently widowed Noel Brooks from the Brooks Ranch north of Bowman. Noel and Gene's marriage  opened a new "second half"  adventure for both.   Soon the North Dakota winters were replaced by those in Apache Junction Arizona at the Roadhaven Park where new friends, golf, bridge card parties, dinners and the Community Center Church Choir for Gene  granted them many happy winter seasons -  defined as, between the fall garden harvest in Bowman and returning in time to put in the next spring's  crop!  It was only Gene's declining health that made the winter of 2018 2019 their final season of great enjoyment in their beloved winter home.

Gene  was a golf enthusiast, in spite of his lack of mastery  of the game. He enjoyed his community service serving on the city Council in Sidney and  as a member of the Kiwanis. In Bowman he was a member of Rotary  and served on the Bowman Hospital board for several years. He was a member of the Bowman Lutheran Church contributing his voice to the choir.

Gene is survived by his wife; Noel, children; Candy (Russ), Kim (Sunday), Thomas (Gail), Susan (Clifford), Robert (Marina) and Chis (Andrea), Grandchildren, and several great grandchildren, Noel's children and "being grandpa Gene" for Noel's grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife Shirley, and a sister.

As his children put it while remembering their father: "We celebrate him through tears of joy; he was our shoulder to lean on, a sounding block for our futures, and always our father to rely on. He will be sorely missed.

Memorials are suggested to the givers choice.