Lois Norma Reinhardt passed away quietly in her sleep Tuesday, April 12, 2016. Norma was born Oct. 31, 1927, in Sidney, Neb., to Herman and Ruby Treinen.

Norma was married to James Fredrick Reinhardt on Aug. 21, 1978. They were married 13 years before his death on Aug. 19, 1991.

Norma grew up on a farm in Nebraska and started riding horses when she was 3 years old. She told many interesting and funny stories about life on the farm.

Norma started teaching at Orofino High School in August 1966. She retired from teaching in January 1991. She continued substitute teaching until Jan. 26, 2010.

Norma taught English, speech and drama. In speech, she always said to a student, "You own that two feet of floor that you are speaking from. You need to speak with confidence." Her drama program was one of the best in the state. Her drama program won many regional and state championships. Norma touched many lives in the Orofino school system. She was a stern disciplinarian but always fair. She was a respected educator in the community. Her students loved her and respected her.

Norma loved to entertain and put on many parties. Her parties were well-known in the community. She especially enjoyed Christmas and New Year's Eve parties.

Norma's other interests were playing cards and golfing. She was also a member of the Ladies Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary and the Orofino women's golf association.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Herman and Ruby Treinen; and her husband, James.

Norma is survived by her son, Dennis William Reinhardt and his wife Ann of Bahrain; and her grandson, James Fredrick Reinhardt and his wife Sarah of Provo, Utah.

Norma wanted this to be printed in her obituary:

"Death is nothing at all. It does not count. I have only slipped away into the next room. Nothing has happened. Everything remains exactly as it was. I am I, and you are you and the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged. Whatever we were to each other, that we are still. Call me by the old familiar name. Speak of me in the easy way which you always used. Put no difference into your tone. Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of me, pray for me. Let my name be ever the household word that it always was. Let it be spoken without the effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it. Life means all that it ever meant. It is the same as it ever was. There is absolute and unbroken continuity. What is this death, but a negligible accident? Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? I am but waiting for you, for the interval, somewhere very near, just round the corner. All is well." - Henry Scott-Holland

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