Norman Paul Edwards, 89, of Canby, Minnesota, and formerly of Maquoketa, Iowa, passed away on Monday, October 12, 2026, at home.

Norman Paul Edwards was born on April 7, 1937, in Jackson County, Iowa, to Albert Paul and Martha Katherine (Hamer) Edwards.  He married Georgia Anne Ellison on May 15, 1965, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa.

Norman began working on farms at an early age, first as a farmhand and later as a full-time farmer. He also spent many years driving a truck and delivering farm implements.

Norman enjoyed gardening, fishing, picking asparagus, snake and gopher hunting, cutting wood, farming, canning and cooking, and polka music.  In younger years before he even had a driver’s license he drove to Monticello every Saturday with his siblings!

Those left to honor his memory include his children, Suzanne (Jeff) Victor, Ronnie (Linda) McCalment, and Roxanne (Mark) Hopp; daughter-in-law, Susan Edwards; 13 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren; and siblings, Lloyd (Georgia) Edwards, Claude (Rhonda) Edwards, Mavis Koontz, and Evelyn Ellison.  He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Georgia, siblings Lorraine, Arnold and Donald, a son Steven, grandchildren Sara Ann and Ellien Kay, and a great-grandson Joseph Paul.

Funeral services celebrating Norman’s life will be held at 11 A.M., Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at Carson Celebration of Life Center in Maquoketa.  Visitation will be held prior to the funeral from 10 A.M. to 11 A.M. at the funeral home. Burial will be at the Streets Cemetery, rural Maquoketa, Iowa.

Online condolences may be left at www.CarsonAndSon.com.