Norma Eileen (Gerber) Rains, Knightsville, IN passed away on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at Cloverleaf Healthcare from natural causes.

Born June 13, 1932 in Putnam County, she was the daughter of Ray and Ruth (Siner) Gerber.
She grew up in the Poland and Reelsville area where she lived most of her life. Later she moved to Harmony until being admitted to Cloverleaf due to a stroke.

Norma was a housewife who enjoyed collecting porcelain chickens, Angels, and Pillsbury Dough figurines. She also loved going to yard sales and visiting people at McDonald’s driving her beloved blue Chevy Cavalier loaded with stuffed animals in the back window. She was a member of Big Walnut Baptist Church near Reelsville. Many of her best and most cherished memories were the times she and John would come visit their granddaughter, Kassi.

She married John E. Rains on March 24, 1951. He passed away in 2002.

Surviving are a son, Allan Rains and wife, Jo, Greencastle; a granddaughter, Kassi (Rains) Brooks and husband, Sam Brooks, South Bend; sister, Wanda (Gerber) Hull and husband Dick Hull, Reelsville; two brothers, Robert Gerber and Bill Gerber, both deceased. Surviving brother-in-law’s, Donald Lee Rains and wife, Diana, Brazil and Floyd Melvin Mains, Fontanet; several nieces and nephews; many friends from McDonald’s, members of Big Walnut Baptist Church, especially Diane Hansel, Shirley Lundy and Bonnie Shouse, and the friendships made with the staff at Cloverleaf Healthcare Facility.

Because of safety concerns of Covid, graveside services are scheduled for 11:00 AM Friday, November 20, 2020 in Calcutta Cemetery with Pastor Dick Hull officiating. Burial will soon follow. Arrangements are under the direction of French Funeral Home, 421 E. National Ave. In lieu of cards and flowers, Norma would want you to take your family to McDonald’s for a small coke, small fry and either a McChicken or McRib sandwich in her memory.